Overview
Ma Yin was a warlord and Ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Courtesy name |
Batu |
霸圖 |
Bàtú |
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 896 乾寧三年
AD 894 乾寧元年
AD 883 唐中和三年
AD 897 四年
Career and standing
commander-in-chief of horse and foot 馬步軍都指揮使
Appointed
military commissioner of the Wu'an army 武安軍節度使
Appointed
prefect of Tanzhou 潭州刺史
Appointed
vanguard commander 先鋒
Held
junior officer under Sun Ru 孫儒裨將
Served
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
- At Yanling in Xu Prefecture 許州鄢陵
- At Hunan 湖南 · Relation Based in
References in the histories
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 22 passages
馬殷，字霸圖，許州鄢陵人也。
Ma Yin, whose style name was Batu, came from Yanling in Xuzhou.
唐中和三年，蔡州秦宗權遣孫儒、劉建峰將兵萬人屬其弟宗衡，略地淮南，殷初為儒裨將。
In the third year of the Zhonghe reign (883), Qin Zongquan of Caizhou dispatched Sun Ru and Liu Jianfeng with ten thousand men under his younger brother Zongheng to seize territory in Huainan, and Yin began as a junior officer under Sun Ru.
行密據宣州，儒以兵圍之，久不克，遣殷與建峰掠食旁縣。
Yang Xingmi held Xuancheng, and Sun Ru laid siege for a long time without breaking the city. He then sent Yin and Liu Jianfeng to raid grain from the surrounding counties.
儒戰敗死，殷等無所歸，乃推建峰為帥，殷為先鋒，轉攻豫章，略虔、吉，有眾數萬。
When Sun Ru was defeated and killed, Yin and his comrades had nowhere to turn. They made Liu Jianfeng their leader, with Yin as vanguard, swung toward Yuzhang, overran Gan and Ji prefectures, and mustered tens of thousands of men.
僖宗授建峰湖南節度使、殷為馬步軍都指揮使。
Emperor Xizong appointed Jianfeng military commissioner of Hunan and made Yin overall commander of the horse and foot forces.
蔣勛求為邵州刺史，建峰不與，勛率兵攻湘鄉，建峰遣殷擊勛於邵州。
Jiang Xun sought appointment as prefect of Shaozhou, but Jianfeng refused. Xun then marched on Xiangxiang, and Jianfeng sent Yin to fight him in Shaozhou.
佶臥病，語諸將曰：「吾非汝主也，馬公英勇，可共立之。」
Confined to his sickbed, Ji told the officers, "I am not fit to lead you. Lord Ma is valiant—you should install him together."
諸將乃共殺贍，磔其屍，遣姚彥章迎殷於邵州。
The officers thereupon executed Chen Shan and displayed his body on a rack, then sent Yao Yanzhang to bring Yin back from Shaozhou.
殷至，佶乘肩輿入府，殷拜謁於廷中，佶召殷上，乃率將吏下，北面再拜，以位與之，時乾寧三年也。
When Yin arrived, Zhang Ji was carried into headquarters in a sedan. Yin bowed in the courtyard, and Ji called him up. Ji then led the officers downstairs, faced north, and twice performed the full obeisance before yielding command to Yin. It was the third year of Qianning (896).
唐拜殷潭州刺史。
The Tang court appointed Yin prefect of Tanzhou.
殷遣其將秦彥暉、李瓊等攻連、邵、郴、衡、道、永六州，皆下之。
Yin sent Qin Yanhui, Li Qiong, and other generals against the six prefectures of Lian, Shao, Chen, Heng, Dao, and Yong, and all fell to him.
殷遣使聘於士政，使者至境上，可璠等不納。
Yin sent envoys to treat with Liu Shizheng, but when they reached the frontier Chen Kefan and his men refused them entry.
殷怒，遣瓊等以兵七千攻之，擒可璠等及其兵二千餘人，悉坑之，遂圍桂管，虜士政，盡取其屬州。
Enraged, Yin sent Li Qiong with seven thousand men. They captured Chen Kefan and more than two thousand troops and buried them alive, then besieged Guiguan, took Liu Shizheng captive, and annexed all his dependent prefectures.
殷表瓊桂管觀察使。
Yin recommended Li Qiong to the throne as observation commissioner of Guiguan.
四年，拜殷武安軍節度使。
In the fourth year Yin was appointed military commissioner of the Wu'an army.
初，孫儒敗於宣州，殷弟賨為楊行密所執，行密收儒余兵為「黑雲都」，以賨為指揮使。
After Sun Ru's defeat at Xuancheng, Yin's younger brother Ma Cong fell into Yang Xingmi's hands. Xingmi enrolled Sun Ru's survivors in the "Black Cloud Corps" and appointed Cong its commander.
賨從行密攻戰，數有功，為人質重，未嘗自矜，行密愛之，問賨誰家子，賨曰：「馬殷弟也。」
Cong fought under Yang Xingmi with repeated distinction. Steady and never self-aggrandizing, he won Xingmi's affection. When Xingmi asked whose son he was, Cong answered, "I am Ma Yin's younger brother."
湖南鄰境，朝夕聞殷動靜足矣，不願去也。」
Hunan lies next door; hearing news of my brother each day is enough. I do not wish to go."
殷大喜，表賨節度副使。
Yin was overjoyed and recommended his brother as deputy military commissioner.
行密遣將劉存等攻杜洪，圍鄂州，殷遣秦彥暉、許德勛以舟兵救之，已而杜洪敗死，存等遂攻殷。
Yang Xingmi sent Liu Cun and others against Du Hong and besieged Ezhou. Yin dispatched Qin Yanhui and Xu Dexun with a fleet to aid Hong, but Hong soon fell and died, whereupon Liu Cun turned on Yin.
殷遣彥暉拒於上流，偏將黃璠以舟三百伏瀏陽口。
Yin posted Qin Yanhui upstream while his deputy Huang Fan hid three hundred boats at Liuyang Ford.
存等屢戰不勝，乃致書於殷以求和，殷欲許之，彥暉曰：「淮人多詐，將怠我師，不可信。」
After repeated defeats Liu Cun sued for peace. Yin was inclined to accept, but Yanhui warned, "The Huainan men are treacherous. They mean to lull our troops—do not trust them."