Ma Chao himself is the eldest son of Shu and his grandmother is a Qiang daughter, how miserable was the Fufeng Ma family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

This article is chapter 10 of "Three Kingdoms Character Networks and Kinship"

Author: Talking about the Three Kingdoms author XXY

Shu Han Chapter 10: Ma Chao himself is the eldest son of Shu and his grandmother is a Qiang daughter, how miserable was the Fufeng Ma family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

Friends who have read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" may not have heard of the title of "Five Tiger Generals", and the latest of the "Five Tiger Generals" to join Liu Bei's group was Ma Chao. It is said that Ma Chao is a descendant of the Fubo general Ma Yuan, and has the aura of the descendants of the Glorious Family, so how did this Ma family develop during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty? This article takes you from Ma Chao's grandfather Shun to Ma Chao's children, a total of four generations.

To say that the Fufeng Ma family, they can be described as prosperous during the Eastern Han Dynasty. From the beginning of Han Fubo's general Ma Yuan, this branch has shown explosive development. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Fufeng Ma family could be described as a generation of talents, and Ma Yuan's nephew Ma Rong was a famous scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ma Ri At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the officials to the Taifu were all outstanding figures of the Ma family. But for the Fans of the Three Kingdoms, the most familiar is Still Ma Chao.

Speaking of Ma Chao, we still have to start with his grandfather Ma Ping. There are not many historical records of Ma Ping, but we can still find one or two relevant sentences from the "Biography of the Emperor Xian" in the Book of Later Han. Ma Teng's father was named Ma Ping, a Fufeng man. Ma Ping once served as a lieutenant of Tianshui Lan, but later left his post for some reason and stayed in the Longxi region, living with the Qiang people. Ma Ping was so poor that he could not marry even a Han woman, and in desperation, Ma Ping married a Qiang woman and gave birth to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng's father was poor, and his growing environment was more worrying, and When Ma Teng was young, he could only go to the mountains to cut firewood and carry it to the city to sell and make a living. Later, after recruiting soldiers in Liangzhou, Ma Teng took the initiative to sign up for battle merit before he became famous little by little, and he also met Han Sui and others.

The relationship between Ma Teng and Han Sui was "divided and combined", and their relationship with the imperial court was often repeated. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Ma Teng was recruited into the dynasty by Cao Cao, and led his sons Ma Xiu and Ma Tie and other family members to Yicheng, and let The eldest son of Shu, Ma Chao (马超字孟起, Mengzi in the table character for Shu eldest son, can be referred to Cao Mengde, Zhang Mengzhuo, etc.) to lead the original people. In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao wanted to use Ma Chao's territory to expedition zhang lu, but this military operation was suspected by Ma Chao, so Ma Chao joined forces with Han Sui to oppose Cao. In May of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao decided after the Battle of Tongguan to wipe out ma teng, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and others who were in Yecheng.

In fact, Ma Chao also had at least two brothers, one who died during The Mutual Conquest of Han Sui and Ma Teng (Dianluo), and the other who was arranged by Ma Teng to be sent to Cao Cao as a proton in his early years (The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Zhong Xuan).

At this point, Ma Teng's son was only Ma Chao. Ma Chao's wife should be Yang Shi, and in Emperor Fumi's "Biography of The Daughters of Lie", it is mentioned that Ma Chao's wife Yang Shi once intersected with Wang Yi. Ma Chao also had a daughter-in-law, Dong Shi, who was stranded at Zhang Lu when Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, and after Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu, Cao Cao gave Dong Shi Xu to Zhang Lu's Yan Garden.

Super wife Yang Wen heterogeneous, please and feast all day. Yi Yi Xin Ang Yu Chao to help qi plot, said Yang Yue: "Former Guan Zhong entered Qi, established the merits of jiuhe; yu Shi Qin, Mu Gong became hegemonic." Fang Jinshe Ji was initially determined, the control of chaos lies in the people, Liangzhou Shima, but can compete with the Middle Xia, must not be unknown. Yang felt deeply and thought that he was loyal to himself, so he joined hands with the different weights. ——Huang Fumian "Biography of the Daughters of Lie"

After talking about Ma Chao's wife, let's talk about his children. According to historical evidence, Ma Chao had a total of four children.

Ma Chao's eldest son was killed in Jicheng along with Ma Chao's wife ,suspected of the Yang clan).

Ma Chao's other son, Ma Qiu, was the son of Ma Chao and Dong Shi, who was also stranded under Zhang Lu when Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, he killed Ma Qiu.

Ma Chao also had a son, Ma Cheng, who inherited his title after Ma Chao's death.

Ma Chao also has another child, but what his name is can no longer be verified.

Ma Chao had a daughter who married Liu Li, the King of Anping. Liu Li's two sons do not know whether there are or which one is born of the Ma clan.

After talking about Ma Chao, I finally mentionEd Ma Dai. Ma Dai was Ma Chao's cousin, and in his dying letter, Ma Chao also emphasized the importance of Ma Dai to the Ma family clan and entrusted Ma Dai to Liu Bei. The history books do not record Ma Dai's descendants or marriages, and the Qing History Manuscript states that Ma Dai had descendants living in Lizhou (present-day Northern Hanyuan, Sichuan), which will not be discussed here.