Qin and Han · Rebel

Ma Xiang 馬相

Attested AD 188

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Xiang was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 188 出為監軍使者，領益州牧
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 12

Events and relationships

Proclaimed emperor
Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 13

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 5 passages

是時益州逆賊馬相、趙祗等於綿竹縣自號黃巾，合聚疲役之民，一二日中得數千人，先殺綿竹令李升，吏民翕集，合萬餘人，便前破雒縣，攻益州殺儉，又到蜀郡、犍為，旬月之間，破壞三郡。 About then rebels Ma Xiang and Zhao Qi in Yizhou raised the Yellow Turban banner at Mianzhu, sweeping up worn-out conscripts. Within a day or two they had thousands of followers; they slew Magistrate Li Sheng, and officials and townsfolk rallied until their host passed ten thousand. They took Luoxian, struck down Inspector Xi Jian of Yizhou, then swept through Shu and Qianwei—three commanderies ruined inside a month.

相自稱天子，眾以萬數。 Ma Xiang proclaimed himself emperor, and his following ran to tens of thousands.

領兵數百人在犍為東界，攝斂吏民，得千馀人，攻相等，數日破走，州界清靜。 He led a few hundred soldiers on Qianwei’s eastern march, rallied officials and townsfolk to more than a thousand, struck Ma Xiang’s host, and within days routed them; peace returned to the province.

後丞相諸葛亮問秦宓以扶所長，宓曰：「董扶褒秋毫之善，貶纖芥之惡。」 Later Chancellor Zhuge Liang asked Qin Mi what Dong Fu excelled at. Mi replied: “Dong Fu praises goodness down to the finest hair and condemns wrongdoing down to the smallest flaw.”

先主所將將士，更相之適，歡飲百馀日。 and for more than a hundred days Liu Bei’s officers and Liu Zhang’s hosts feasted together in easy camaraderie.