Ma Xianpin (馬仙琕) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Ma Xianpin as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ma Xianpin	馬仙琕	Ma Xianpin
Title	Baron of Hansui	浛洭縣伯
Posthumous	Gang	剛	Gang
Courtesy	Lingfu	靈馥	Lingfu
Surname	Ma	馬	Ma
Personal name	Ma Xiancai	馬仙琕
Personal name	Ma Xianpin	馬仙琕	Ma Xianpin
Childhood	Xianbi	仙婢	Xianbi
Given	Xianpin	仙琕	Xianpin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0051

Roles

Administrator
General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 在州四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 512 · End: AD 516
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0096

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 512
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0091
Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 511
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0086
Source Date: Text: 在州四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 512 · End: AD 516
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0096
Source Date: Text: 天監十四年 · Western Year: AD 515
Explicit · liangshu:031:s0101
Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0069
Source Date: Text: 永元中 · Western Year: AD 500
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0056
Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0060

Family

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Child of Ma Boluan (馬伯鸞)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Ma Xianpin
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Ma Yanfu (馬巖夫)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Ma Zhong'ai (馬仲艾)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Label: Yuzhou inspector / 豫州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 512
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0091
Label: front general / 前將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元中 · Western Year: AD 500
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0056
Label: Yuzhou inspector / 豫州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0059
Title: marquis / 侯 · Action: advanced · Households Added: 600
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0090
Title: Baron of Hansui / 浛洭縣伯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 400
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0075
Label: left guard general / 左衛將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0097
Label: recalled for failure / 坐徵還 · Action: punished
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0084

Places and affiliations

Place: Mei in Fufeng / 扶風郿
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0051

Learning and skills

Skill: border reconnaissance / 單身潛入敵庭 · Level: renowned
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0095

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0064
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Ma Zhong'ai (馬仲艾) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0067, liangshu:017:s0068
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0071, liangshu:017:s0072

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: executor · Action: beheaded-envoy · Other Person Id: Yao Zhongbin (姚仲賓) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0060
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated Wei at Qushan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十四年 · Western Year: AD 515
Explicit · liangshu:031:s0101
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Lu Chang (盧昶) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 511
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0086, liangshu:017:s0087, liangshu:017:s0088, liangshu:017:s0089
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Wang Su (王肅)
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0058
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: northern-campaign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0069
Kind: political · Role: submitter · Action: surrendered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建康城陷 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0061
Relation: served-under · Person Id: Emperor Ming of Qi (齊明帝)
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0055
Relation: staff-officer-of · Person Id: Prince of Yuzhang (豫章王)
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0085
Relation: served-under · Person Id: Xiao Mian (蕭緬)
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0054

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: bravest in the three armies; never spoke of merit · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0069, liangshu:017:s0070
Kind: character · Statement: known from youth for daring
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0053
Kind: character · Statement: shared hardship with soldiers; plain living
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0093, liangshu:017:s0094