Qing · Official and Administrator

Ma Rulong 馬如龍

First attested AD 1672; died AD 1701

Passages: 16
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Rulong was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jianwu	見五	Jianwu

Life and dates

Death

AD 1701 康熙四十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 206

Attested activity

AD 1692 康熙三十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 197
AD 1699 康熙三十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 203
AD 1690 康熙二十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 194
AD 1689 康熙二十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 191
AD 1685 康熙二十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 187
AD 1672 康熙十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 169

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AD 1680 康熙十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 186
AD 1677 康熙十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 176
AD 1675 康熙十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 170
AD 1701 康熙四十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 206

Career and standing

governor of Jiangxi 江西巡撫
AD 1692 康熙三十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 197
administration commissioner 布政使
AD 1690 康熙二十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 194
surveillance commissioner 按察使
AD 1689 康熙二十八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 191
prefect of Hangzhou 杭州知府
AD 1685 康熙二十四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 187
Revenue vice director 戶部員外郎
AD 1680 康熙十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 186
prefect of Luanzhou in Zhili 直隸灤州知州
AD 1677 康熙十六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 176

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acting prefect of Suide 攝州事
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 174
imperial plaque Mature Integrity and Clear Repute 老成清望
AD 1699 康熙三十八年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 203
sacrificial funeral honors 賜祭葬
Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 206

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 168
At Suide, Shaanxi 陝西綏德州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 168

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1672 康熙十一年 · Credential provincial graduate (juren) 舉人
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 169

Events and relationships

Captured
Military · Commander · With Yang Shiyu (楊士玉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 193
Recovered Suide with
Military · Vanguard · With Biliketu (畢力克圖)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 173
Resisted
AD 1675 康熙十四年 · Military · Local leader · With Wang Fuchen (王輔臣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passages 170-172
Solved old murder
Legal · Judge · With First owner in the Luanzhou murder case (灤州殺人埋屍案最初屋主)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passages 178-180

Assessments and attributes

Assessment able to unravel difficult cases · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 275, passage 185

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 275Volume 275 Biographies 62: Ge Er Gu De, Zhao Shilin, Guo Shilong, Fu Lata, Ma Rulong · 16 passages

格爾古德金世德趙士麟郭世隆傅臘塔馬如龍 Ge Ergu'e, Jin Shide, Zhao Shilin, Guo Shilong, Fu Lata, and Ma Rulong

馬如龍，字見五，陝西綏德州人。 Ma Rulong, whose style was Jianwu, came from Suide in Shaanxi.

如龍糾鄉勇倚山立寨，寇至，屢擊卻之。 Rulong rallied local militia, built a mountain stockade, and repeatedly repelled the raiders.

輔臣誘以偽劄，斬其使。 Fuchen tried to win him with a forged commission; Rulong beheaded the envoy.

會平逆將軍畢力克圖兵至，如龍渡河迎，呈偽劄，並陳賊虛實，因率所部為前鋒，克綏德。 When Pacification General Biliketu arrived, Rulong crossed the river to meet him, presented the forged dispatch, briefed him on rebel strength, led his men as vanguard, and recovered Suide.

總督哈佔亦疏言如龍倡義拒賊狀，請優敘。 Governor-general Hazhan also memorialized on Rulong's righteous resistance and asked for special recognition.

州民猾而多盜，如龍鋤暴安良，豪右斂跡。 The prefecture was rife with cunning people and bandits; Rulong suppressed violence and protected the law-abiding, and local bullies fell silent.

如龍宿逆旅，得白骨，問之，曰：「此屋十易主矣。」 lodging at an inn, Rulong found bones and was told, "This house has had ten owners."

昌平有殺人獄不得其主名，使如龍按之。 When a Changping murder case had no named culprit, Rulong was sent to investigate.

使蹟之，二人相與語曰：「孰謂馬公察，易欺耳。」 When he had them followed, the two said to each other, "Who says Prefect Ma is sharp? He's easy to fool."

自是民頌如龍能折獄。 Thereafter the people praised Rulong for unraveling difficult cases.

如龍請於將軍，覈子母，以公使錢代償。 Rulong appealed to the garrison general, verified principal and interest, and used public funds to repay the debts.

杭州民咸頌如龍。 All Hangzhou praised Rulong.

海賊楊士玉竄跡島嶼，勾土賊胡茂等剽掠商船，如龍設策擒之，盡殲其首從，巡撫張鵬翮以聞。 Sea bandit Yang Shiyu hid on islands and, with local bandit Hu Mao and others, plundered merchant ships; Rulong captured them and wiped out the gang; Governor Zhang Penghe reported the feat.

如龍檄十一郡合輸米二萬餘石，按戶賑給，告屬吏曰：「是逾於歲餽多矣，」 Rulong ordered eleven prefectures to deliver more than twenty thousand shi of rice for household relief and told his staff, "This is far more than your yearly gifts,"

時淮、揚薦飢，如龍以江西連歲豐稔，率僚屬捐米十萬賑之。 When Huai and Yang suffered repeated famine, Rulong, drawing on Jiangxi's successive good harvests, led his staff in donating one hundred thousand dan of rice for relief.