Ma Yin (馬殷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ma Yin was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 928 天成中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 130, 133

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 130, 133

Events and relationships

Promised a fleet and stores but arrived only at Yue and sent almost nothing
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中 · Military · Allied ruler · At Yue 岳州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 130-131

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 3 passages

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是時，湖南馬殷請以舟師會，及王師至荊渚，殷軍方到岳州。 Ma Yin of Hunan had offered a naval contingent, but when the imperial army reached Jingzhou his fleet had only just reached Yue.

仍傳意於訓，許助軍儲弓甲之類，久之，略無至者。 Yin still sent assurances of grain, arms, and armor, yet after a long wait almost nothing came.

〈（案《通鑒》：劉訓至荊南，楚王殷遣都指揮使許德勳等將水軍屯岳州。 (Per the 《Zizhi Tongjian》: When Liu Xun reached Jingnan, King Yin of Chu sent Xu Dexun and others with the fleet to encamp at Yue.