Ma Shu 馬樞

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Ma Lingqing (馬靈慶)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 248
• Child of Father of Ma Shu
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 249
• Child of Mother of Ma Shu
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 249
• Kin of Paternal Aunt of Ma Shu
  paternal aunt 姑
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 249

Career and standing

• Academician 學士
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 252
• Director of Revenue 度支尚書
  Declined
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 263
• Entered
  Recluse
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 262

Places and affiliations

• Chen 陳
  Relation Associated with
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 263
• Liang 梁
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 252
• At Mei in Fufeng 扶風郿
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 247
• At Jingkou 京口 · Relation Visited
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 264
• At Mount Mao 茅山 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 262

Learning and skills

• Subjects Classic of Filial Piety, Analects, Laozi · Age 6
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 250
• Belief Buddhism 佛經 · Relation Studied
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 251
• Skill Buddhist sutras 佛經 · Level especially-skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 251
• Skill Changes and Laozi exegesis 周易、老子義 · Level especially-skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 251

Works and attributed material

• Treatise on the Awakening of the Way 道覺論
  Author
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 274
• Treatise on the Awakening of the Way 道覺論
  Relation Author · Extent Scrolls: 20
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 274
• Speech · Addressee
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 266
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passages 258-261

Events and relationships

• Accepted one tenth of gifts
  Personal · Beneficiary
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 269
• Answered and silenced questioners
  Scholarly · Debater
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passages 254-255
• Built thatched hut
  Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 268
• Declined summons
  Political · Appointee · With Emperor Wen (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 263
• Declined then went
  Political · Invitee · With Prince of Poyang (鄱陽王)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passages 265, 267
• Lectured
  Scholarly · Lecturer · Topic Vimalakirti, Laozi, and Changes 維摩、老子、周易
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 253

Assessments and attributes

• pupils bright yellow; could see objects in the dark
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 271
• Item pair of white swallows 白鷰一雙 · Relation Associated with · Duration nearly thirty years
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 272

Source notes

• His kin and old friends dwelt at Jingkou; he visited them each autumn and winter
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 264
• wherever he dwelt, bandits did not enter; often several hundred households relied on him
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 270