Qin and Han · Hermit

Ma Yao 马瑶

Attested AD 25 - AD 220

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

RolesHermit

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ma Yao 马瑶 Ma Yao
Personal name Ma Yao 马瑶 Ma Yao
Title Master Horse-Shepherd 马牧先生

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 东汉隐逸时代 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 220
    Strongly inferred · houhanshu:094:s0297

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: transformed-local-customs-praised-by-commoners · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 2 passages