Sui and Tang · Aide under Li Gao

Ma Yi 馬彝

Attested AD 781 - AD 792

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Yi was an Aide under Li Gao.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 781 to AD 792 建中至貞元
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 124

Places and affiliations

At Fufeng 扶風
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 166

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 167

Events and relationships

Relation Aide of · Person Li Gao (李皋)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 124, 166

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 4 passages

擢王鍔委之中軍，以馬彝、許孟容為賓佐。 He promoted Wang E to command the central army and made Ma Yi and Xu Morong his chief advisers.

皋乃使王鍔、馬彝繩城而入，城中大呼，乃出降。 Li Gao sent Wang E and Ma Yi over the wall on ropes. The city erupted in cheers, and the garrison surrendered.

初，扶風馬彝未知名，皋始辟之，卒以正直稱。 Ma Yi of Fufeng was unknown when Li Gao first recruited him, but he came to be renowned for his integrity.

漢陽王張柬之有林園在州西，公府多假之游宴，皋將買之，彝斂衽而言曰：「張漢陽有中興功，今遺業當百代保之，王縱欲之，奈何令其子孫自鬻焉！」 The estate and garden of Prince of Hanyang Zhang Jianzhi lay west of the city, and the government often borrowed it for banquets. When Li Gao was about to purchase it, Ma Yi straightened his robes and said, "Zhang of Hanyang restored the dynasty. His family holding should be preserved for generations. Even if Your Highness desires it, how can you have his descendants sell their own heritage!"