Overview
Ma Gong was a Grand Minister who praised Wang Mang.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1 to AD 9 哀帝之末 thereafterDated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 163, 169
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Grand Minister of Education 大司徒HeldDirectly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 169
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 169
Works and attributed material
- This man is a large-minded gentleman—how can you hold him to petty paperwork?Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 169
Events and relationships
- Nominated Chen Zun for YuyiDirectly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 170
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment great Confucian scholar who honored talent · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 169
References in the histories
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