Song, Liao, and Jin · Scholar and Poet

Ma Tangjun 馬唐俊

Attested AD 1059

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Tangjun was a scholar and Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1059 清寧五年
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 104, passages 4, 8

Places and affiliations

At Yan and Ji region 燕、薊間 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 4

Events and relationships

Shangsi purification gathering with verse
Literary · Host · With Wang Ding (王鼎)
Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passages 4-7

Assessments and attributes

Assessment literary reputation in Yan and Ji · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 4

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 104Volume 104 Biographies 34: Literature 2 · 4 passages

時馬唐俊有文名燕、薊間，適上巳，與同志祓禊水濱，酌酒賦詩。 At the time Ma Tangjun enjoyed a literary reputation in the Yan and Ji region. It chanced to be the Shangsi Festival, and he went with friends to perform the spring purification by the water, drinking wine and composing verse.

鼎偶造席，唐俊見鼎樸野，置下坐。 Ding happened upon the gathering. Tangjun took him for a rustic and gave him the lowest seat.

欲以詩困之，先出所作索賦，鼎援筆立成。 Intending to trap him with verse, Tangjun first produced his own poem and demanded a reply; Ding took up the brush and finished one on the spot.

唐俊驚其敏妙，因與定交。 Tangjun was astonished by his quick wit and thereupon became his sworn friend.