Overview
The translated histories identify Ma Dechen as an official, poet, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 10 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Ma Dechen | 馬得臣 | Mǎ Déchén |
| Given | Dechen | 得臣 | |
| Surname | Ma | 馬 | Mǎ |
| Surname | Ma | 馬 | |
| Personal name | Ma Dechen | 馬得臣 | Mǎ Déchén |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和七年六月甲戌 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0170
- Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0070
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0114
- Source Date: Text: 統和二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 984Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0155
- Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0071, liaoshi:012:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 統和七年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0149, liaoshi:012:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 聖宗即位 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0115
Career and standing
- Label: deputy garrison commander of Nanjing / 南京副留守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0114
- Label: Hanlin academician director / 翰林學士承旨 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0114
- Label: drafting academician for political affairs / 政事舍人 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0113
- Label: Hanlin academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0113
- Label: acting commissioner of the Xuanhui Court / 權宣徽院事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0089
- Label: administrator of the Palace Privy Office / 知宣徽院事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0119
- Label: Xuanzheng Hall academician / 宣政殿學士 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0155
- Label: attendant reader academician / 侍讀學士 · Action: granted-additional · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 聖宗即位 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0115
- Label: Remonstrance and Review Grand Master / 諫議大夫 · Action: granted-additionalExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0119
- Label: Hanlin academician director / 翰林學士承旨 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0155
- Label: marching staff adviser and Xuanzheng Hall academician / 行軍參謀、宣政殿學士 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0071
- Label: Remonstrance and Review Grand Master / 諫議大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0149
- Label: Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0070
- Title: Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent / 太子少保 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0170
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0071, liaoshi:080:s0113
- Place: Nanjing / 南京Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0112
Learning and skills
- Skill: poetry / 詩 · Level: especially accomplishedExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0112
- Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilledExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0112
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0120, liaoshi:080:s0052, liaoshi:080:s0053, liaoshi:080:s0054, liaoshi:080:s0055, liaoshi:080:s0056, liaoshi:080:s0057, liaoshi:080:s0058, liaoshi:080:s0059, liaoshi:080:s0060, liaoshi:080:s0061, liaoshi:080:s0062, liaoshi:080:s0063, liaoshi:080:s0064, liaoshi:080:s0065, liaoshi:080:s0066, liaoshi:080:s0067, liaoshi:080:s0068, liaoshi:080:s0069
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: advised on treatment of Song surrenderers and fugitivesExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0117, liaoshi:080:s0118
- Kind: scholarly · Role: presenter · Action: selected Tang emperors conduct worth emulating · Other Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0116
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: cited High Tang governance to remonstrate · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0109
- Assessment: uprightness · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0113
- Item: ten thousand coins and a hundred piculs of grain / 錢十萬,粟百石 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0170
References in the histories
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