Five Dynasties · Ruler and Official

Ma Xiguang 馬希廣

Mǎ Xīguǎng

Attested AD 947

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Xiguang was a ruler and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 天福十二年秋七月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passages 50-51

Career and standing

Honorary Grand Preceptor 檢校太師
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 51
Wu'an military governor 武安軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 51
Prince of Chu 楚王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 51

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 51

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 100Volume 100 Book of Later Jin 2: Gaozu Annals 2 · 1 passage

甲午，武安軍節度副使、水陸諸軍副都指揮使、判內外諸司、江南西道觀察等使、檢校太尉馬希廣加檢校太師、兼中書令，行潭州大都督、天策上將軍，充武安軍節度、湖南管內觀察使、江南諸道都統，封楚王。 On jiawu Ma Xiguang—deputy Wu'an governor, joint land-and-sea commander, and Jiangnan West observer—was promoted to honorary grand preceptor and director of the secretariat, given acting rank as Tanzhou grand general and heavenly-strategies supreme general, confirmed as Wu'an governor, Hunan observer, and commander of all Jiangnan circuits, and enfeoffed as Prince of Chu.