Five Dynasties · Official

Ma Lin 麻麟

Attested AD 936 - AD 942

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Ma Lin was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 天福七年四月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 151
AD 936 to AD 942 高祖時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 116

Key source chapters

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 80 Volume 80 Book of Later Jin 6: Gaozu Annals 6 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52 Volume 52 Miscellaneous Biographies 32: Du Zhongwei, Li Zhouzhen, Zhang Yanze 1 passage

Career and standing

Assistant Bureau Director 員外郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 151

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 151

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 151

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 116

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 80Volume 80 Book of Later Jin 6: Gaozu Annals 6 · 1 passage

庚申，刑部郎中李濤、張麟，員外郎麻麟、王禧，同詣閣門上疏，論張彥澤罪犯，詞甚懇切。 On gengshen, Punishments Bureau Directors Li Tao and Zhang Lin, together with Assistant Bureau Directors Ma Lin and Wang Xi, went to the Gate Department and submitted forceful memorials on Zhang Yanze's crimes.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Miscellaneous Biographies 32: Du Zhongwei, Li Zhouzhen, Zhang Yanze · 1 passage

周奏彥澤所為不法者二十六條，並述涇人殘敝之狀，式父鐸詣闕訴冤，諫議大夫鄭受益、曹國珍，尚書刑部郎中李濤、張麟，員外郎麻麟、王禧伏閣上疏，論彥澤殺式之冤，皆不省。 Zhou memorialized twenty-six illegal acts by Yanze and described how the people of Jing had been ruined. Shi's father Duo came to court to plead his grievance. Remonstrance officials Zheng Shouyi and Cao Guozhen, Directors of the Ministry of Justice Li Tao and Zhang Lin, and Assistant Directors Ma Lin and Wang Xi submitted memorials at the palace gate denouncing the injustice of Yanze's killing of Shi. None received attention.