Qin and Han · Scholar

Ma Rong 马融

Attested AD 25 - AD 220

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Rong was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 220 东汉隐逸时代
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 94, passage 284

Assessments and attributes

Assessment illustrious-through-broad-talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 284

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 1 passage

与马融、苏章乡里并时，融以才博显名，章以廉直称，然皆推先于慎。 He was Ma Rong's and Su Zhang's contemporary; though Ma won fame for breadth and Su for honesty, both deferred to Shen as their senior.