Yuan · Official and Statesman

Ma Shao 馬紹

Attested AD 1281 - AD 1282

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Shao was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1281 至元十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 115, passage 120
AD 1282 至元十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 6

Key source chapters

History of Yuan, Chapter 115 Volume 115 Biographies 2: Ruizong, Yuzong, Xianzong, Shunzong 2 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 177 Volume 177 Biographies 64: Zhang Siming, Wu Yuangui, Zhang Sheng, Zang Mengjie, Chen Hao 1 passage

Career and standing

Left Chancellor 左丞
AD 1282 至元十九年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 120; History of Yuan 177, passage 6
At Dongping 東平 · Relation Recruited from
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 131

Events and relationships

Named as adviser candidate
Personnel · Nominee
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 120
Presented confiscated goods before the emperor
AD 1282 至元十九年 · Administrative · Summoned official · With Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 6
Relation Recommended by · Person Song Cong (宋瑽)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 120

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 177, passage 6

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 2: Ruizong, Yuzong, Xianzong, Shunzong · 2 passages

命宋瑽擇可備顧問者，瑽以郭祐、何瑋、徐琰、馬紹、楊居寬、何榮祖、楊仁風等為言。 He ordered Song Cong to choose men fit to serve as advisers. Cong named Guo You, He Wei, Xu Yan, Ma Shao, Yang Jukuan, He Rongzu, Yang Renfeng, and others.

辟楊仁風於潞州、馬紹於東平，復辟楊恭懿置省中議事，以衛輝總管董文用練達官政，與恭懿同置省中。 He recruited Yang Renfeng from Luzhou and Ma Shao from Dongping, brought Yang Gongyi back to deliberate affairs in the Secretariat, and because Weihui Administrator Dong Wenyong was experienced in government, placed him in the Secretariat with Gongyi.

History of Yuan, Chapter 177Volume 177 Biographies 64: Zhang Siming, Wu Yuangui, Zhang Sheng, Zang Mengjie, Chen Hao · 1 passage

一日，召右丞何榮祖、左丞馬紹，盡輸其贓以入，思明抱牘從，日已昏，命讀之，自昏達曙，帝聽忘疲，曰：「讀人吐音，大似侍儀舍人。」 On one occasion the Emperor summoned the Right Chancellor He Rongzu and the Left Chancellor Ma Shao to deliver in full the confiscated illicit gains. Siming followed with the documents in his arms. Night had fallen, yet the Emperor ordered them read aloud, and listened from dusk until dawn without tiring. He remarked, "The reader's delivery sounds very much like one of our Ceremonial Institute ushers."