Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Ma Kun 馬堃

Attested AD 1275

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Kun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1275 1275
Directly stated · History of Yuan 161, passage 116

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 161, passage 116

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng · 2 passages

十四年夏，進兵攻咸淳府，時宋以六郡鎮撫使馬堃為守，文安與堃同里閈，諭之使降，堃不從，乃列柵攻城。 In the summer of the fourteenth year he advanced on Xianchun Prefecture. The Song had made Ma Kun, Pacification Commissioner of six circuits, its defender. A fellow townsman, Wen'an urged him to submit; Kun refused, and palisades were raised for the siege.

冬十二月，潛遣勇士躡雲梯宵登，斬關納外兵，堃悉力巷戰，達州安撫使鮮汝忠與宋兵力戰死，比曉，宋兵大敗，堃力屈就擒。 In the twelfth month assault teams scaled the walls on cloud-ladders by night, cut the bar, and let the outer force in. Kun fought house to house. The Dazhou Pacification Commissioner Xian Ruzhong and Song troops battled to the death. By dawn the Song force was shattered; Kun, spent, was taken.