Overview
The translated histories identify Ma Xiongzhen as an administrator and official. This record brings together 18 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 Xiongzhen | 馬雄鎮 | Mǎ Xióngzhèn |
| Personal name | Ma Xiongzhen | 馬雄鎮 | Mǎ Xióngzhèn |
| Personal name | Ma Xiongzhen | 馬雄鎮 | Ma Xiongzhen |
| Courtesy name | Xifan | 錫蕃 | Xīfān |
| Personal | Xiongzhen | 雄鎮 | Xióngzhèn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:252:s0186
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed by rebels · Western Year: AD 1677 · Age: 44Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:252:s0136
- Manner: martyrdom for loyalty · Cause: no recourse but to die while pressed in the same city as the rebelExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0186
- Manner: died in serviceExplicit · qingshigao:270:s0065
Age
- Years: 44 · At Death: trueExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0136
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 康熙八年 · Western Year: AD 1669Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:252:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 康熙十九年 · Western Year: AD 1680Explicit · qingshigao:270:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 方諸籓盛強 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1673 · End: AD 1681Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:252:s0184, qingshigao:252:s0186
Family
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- Spouse of Concubine Liu (劉氏)Kinship Role: concubine
- Spouse of Concubine Gu (顧氏)Kinship Role: concubine
- Kin of Ma Guozhen (馬國楨)Kinship Role: eldest-grandson
- Parent of Ma Shiji (馬世濟)Kinship Role: father
Kinship Role: eldest-son - Child of Ma Mingpei (馬鳴佩)Kinship Role: son
Kinship Role: father - Parent of Ma Shiyong (馬世永)Kinship Role: father
Kinship Role: second-son - Parent of Ma Shitai (馬世泰)Kinship Role: son
- Parent of Ma Shihong (馬世洪)Kinship Role: son
- Spouse of Wife Li of Ma Xiongzhen (李氏)Kinship Role: wife
- Kinship Role: daughters · Description: two unnamed daughters died with him · Count: 2Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0137
- Kinship Role: attendants · Description: nine attendants died with him · Count: 9Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0137
Origins and identity
- Value: Han Bannerman · Banner: Bordered Red BannerExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0116
Career and standing
- Label: governor / governor-general / 督撫 · Action: heldStrongly inferred · qingshigao:252:s0184, qingshigao:252:s0186
- Title: Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent · Posthumous: trueExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0146
- Title: Minister of War · Posthumous: trueExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0146
- Title: academician, State Historiography AcademyExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0117
- Title: deputy director, Board of WorksExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0117
- Title: governor of Guangxi · Western Year: 1669Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0119
- Title: governor of Shanxi · Western Year: 1669Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0118
- Title: Left Vice CensorExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0117
- 文毅Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0146
- Shrine: Twin Loyalty shrine at Guilin · Shared With: Fu Honglie (傅弘烈)Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0183
- Status: martyrdom · Action: died-for-loyaltyExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0186
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · qingshigao:252:s0184, qingshigao:252:s0186
- Place: same city as Yanling / 同城 · Relation: resided-inExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0186
Works and attributed material
- Works: Jiba Lou surviving manuscripts, Huicao BianyiExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0140, qingshigao:252:s0141
- Kind: commentary · Role: subject · Statement: historian's judgment on martyrdom under rebel pressure
- Speech: It is my duty to guard this frontier; death is what I owe.Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0135
Events and relationships
- Kind: biographical-event · Action: attempted suicide, sent secret memorials, and refused rebel demandsExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0126, qingshigao:252:s0128
- Kind: political · Role: loyalist-official · Action: pressed-in-same-city-as · Other Person Id: Yanling (延齡) · Outcome: died as martyr; no other recourseExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0186
- Kind: biographical-event · Action: secured approval for fiscal, educational, salary, and procurement reformsExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0121
- Kind: biographical-event · Action: suppressed Yao and Zhuang raiders in Wuzhou and PingleExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0120
- Relation: opposed-to · Person Id: Yanling (延齡)Explicit · qingshigao:252:s0186
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fierce loyalty that inspired troops and struck fear into the rebels; death not in vain · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:252:s0188, qingshigao:252:s0189
References in the histories
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