Ming · Official

Ma Wensheng 馬文升

Mǎ Wénshēng

Attested AD 1479

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Wensheng was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1479 成化十五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 56

Career and standing

imprisonment and frontier exile 下獄，謫戍
Imprisoned and exiled · Authority Wang Zhi (汪直)
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 56

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Xianzong 2 · 2 passages

五月壬戌，汪直劾侍郎馬文升，下文升獄，謫戍。 In the fifth month, on renxu, Wang Zhi denounced Vice Minister Ma Wensheng, who was jailed and exiled to the border.

癸酉，以馬文升、牟俸事，杖給事中李俊、御史王濬五十六人於闕下。 On guiyou, over the Ma Wensheng and Mou Feng cases, fifty-six officials including supervising secretary Li Jun and censor Wang Jun were flogged at the palace gate.