Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Military Officer

Ma Fonian 馬佛念

Attested AD 527 - AD 529

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Ma Fonian was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 527 to AD 529 大通初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 32, passage 88
AD 529 魏北海王顥既得志
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 132

Key source chapters

Book of Liang, Chapter 32 Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin 1 passage
Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 153 Volume 153 Liang Records 9 1 passage

Career and standing

army aide 軍副
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 132
Vice Commander 軍副
AD 527 to AD 529 大通初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 32, passage 88

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 132

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Direct quotation · Extent s0132, s0132a · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Ma Fonian (馬佛念)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 132; zizhitongjian:153:s0132a
Counsel to seize Luoyang and kill Yuan Hao · Speaker · With Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Mode direct-speech Speaker Ma Fonian (馬佛念)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 32, passages 88-90

Events and relationships

Urged killing Hao and holding Luoyang
Political · Adviser · With Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 132; zizhitongjian:153:s0132a

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 32Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin · 1 passage

洛下南人不出一萬，羌夷十倍，軍副馬佛念言於慶之曰：「功高不賞，震主身危，二事旣有，將軍豈得無慮？ Fewer than ten thousand southerners held Luoyang, while Qiang and other tribesmen outnumbered them tenfold. Vice commander Ma Fonian told Qingzhi, "Great merit goes unrewarded, and power that awes one's lord endangers the man who wields it. With both true, can you have no fears?

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 153Volume 153 Liang Records 9 · 1 passage

洛中南兵不滿一萬，而羌、胡之眾十倍，軍副馬佛念為慶之曰：「將軍威行河、洛，聲震中原，功高勢重，為魏所疑，一旦變生不測，可無慮乎！ Southern troops in Luoyang numbered fewer than ten thousand, while Qiang and Hu levies were ten times as many; the army aide Ma Fonian urged Qingzhi: "General, your fame fills the Yellow River lands and your merit outweighs your rank—the Wei court must suspect you; if fortune turns, will you not be in peril?