Ma Xiguang (馬希廣) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Ma Xiguang as a general and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ma Xiguang	馬希廣	Ma Xiguang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0114

Roles

General
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:102:s0114

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 2 passages

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湖南馬希廣奏，於八月十八日大破朗州馬希萼之眾。 Ma Xiguang of Hunan memorialized that on the eighteenth of the eighth month he had greatly defeated the forces of Langzhou's Ma Xie.

壬午，兩浙錢宏俶加守尚書令，湖南馬希廣加守太尉。 On renwu, Qian Hongchu of Liangzhe was given Acting Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Ma Xiguang of Hunan was given Acting Grand Marshal.