Qin and Han · Administrator

Ma Ling 馬棱

Attested AD 89 - AD 105

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Ling was an administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 89 to AD 105 和帝永元中
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 207

Career and standing

Governor 太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 207
pardon 原停
Received
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 211
summons on bandit charge 坐盜賊事被徵
Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 207

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 208

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 5 passages

和帝永元中，太守馬棱坐盜賊事被徵，當詣廷尉，吏民不寧，南特通謁賀。 Under Emperor He, when Governor Ma Ling was called to the capital on a banditry charge, the commandery panicked—only Li Nan asked for an audience to congratulate him.

棱意有恨，謂曰：「太守不德，今當即罪，而君反相賀邪？」 Ma Ling took offense and said, 'I am disgraced—why do you offer joy?'

旦日，棱延望景晏，以為無徵； Next morning Ma Ling watched the sky until noon and saw no sign;

至晡，乃有驛使齎詔書原停棱事。 only in mid-afternoon did a post rider gallop up with an edict dropping the case.

棱乃服焉。 Ma Ling conceded Li Nan had been right.