Qin and Han · Rebel

Ma Xiang 馬相

Attested AD 188

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ma Xiang as a rebel and ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ma Xiang 馬相 Ma Xiang
Personal name Ma Xiang 馬相
Given Xiang 相

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Rebel
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 出為監軍使者，領益州牧 · Western Year: AD 188
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:031:s0012

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: proclaimed-emperor
    Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0013

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 5 passages
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是時益州逆賊馬相、趙祗等於綿竹縣自號黃巾，合聚疲役之民，一二日中得數千人，先殺綿竹令李升，吏民翕集，合萬餘人，便前破雒縣，攻益州殺儉，又到蜀郡、犍為，旬月之間，破壞三郡。 About then rebels Ma Xiang and Zhao Qi in Yizhou raised the Yellow Turban banner at Mianzhu, sweeping up worn-out conscripts. Within a day or two they had thousands of followers; they slew Magistrate Li Sheng, and officials and townsfolk rallied until their host passed ten thousand. They took Luoxian, struck down Inspector Xi Jian of Yizhou, then swept through Shu and Qianwei—three commanderies ruined inside a month.