Ma Jing (馬景) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Ma Jing as a soldier. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ma Jing	馬景	Mǎ Jǐng
Posthumous name	Loyal and Stalwart	忠壯	Zhōngzhuàng
Personal name	Ma Jing	馬景	Mǎ Jǐng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Soldier

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed in action / 死之 · Place: Fengxiang / 鳳翔
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天復二年 · Western Year: AD 902
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Career and standing

Label: posthumous office and title Loyal and Stalwart / 贈景官，謚曰忠壯 · Action: bestowed
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Mode: quotation
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: decoy · Action: lured-enemy · Outcome: killed-over-9000-then-died
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Source notes

Statement: Asked that his descendants be recorded and provided for before the mission / 願錄其後嗣
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References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 6 passages

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太祖壯其言，命季興募勇敢士，得騎士馬景，季興授以計，引見太祖。 The emperor was struck by his counsel and told Jixing to recruit daring men. Jixing found the cavalryman Ma Jing, taught him the stratagem, and presented him to the emperor.

景曰：「此行無還理，願錄其後嗣。」 Jing said, "There is no coming back from this mission. I ask that my descendants be provided for."

太祖惻然止之，景固請，乃行。 The emperor, moved, tried to dissuade him, but Jing insisted and set out.

景以數騎馳叩城門告曰：「梁兵將東，前鋒去矣。」 Riding with a few horsemen, Jing galloped to the gate and shouted, "The Liang army is about to march east; the vanguard has already gone."

岐人以為然，開門出追梁軍，梁兵隨景後以進，殺其九千餘人，景死之。 The defenders believed him, opened the gates, and rushed out in pursuit. Liang troops followed close behind Jing and cut down more than nine thousand men; Jing himself was killed in the fight.

茂貞後與梁和，昭宗出，贈景官，謚曰忠壯。 Maozhen later made peace with Liang. When Emperor Zhaozong was released, he granted Jing a posthumous office and the posthumous title Loyal and Stalwart.