Five Dynasties · Ruler and Official

Ma Xiguang 馬希廣

Attested AD 950

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Xiguang was a ruler and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 950 乾祐三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 77

Family

Sibling of Ma Xie (馬希萼)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 74

Career and standing

Hunan commissioner 湖南節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 74

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 74
Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 77

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 103Volume 103 Book of Later Han 5: Emperor Yin Annals, Part 2 · 2 passages

是時，希萼與其弟湖南節度使希廣方構鬩墻之怨，故有是請。 Xie and his brother Hunan commissioner Xiguang were then locked in a bitter feud, which explains the petition.

丙午，湖南馬希廣遣使上章，且言荊南、淮南、廣南三道結構，欲分割湖、湘，乞聊發兵師，以為援助。 On bingwu, Hunan's Ma Xiguang sent a memorial claiming that Jingnan, Huainan, and Guangnan were conspiring to carve up Hunan and Xiang and pleading for a short troop deployment.