Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
| Ma Liang | |
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| Official of Shu Han | |
| Born | 187 |
| Died | 222 (aged 35) |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 馬良 |
| Simplified Chinese | 马良 |
| Pinyin | Mǎ Liáng |
| Wade–Giles | Ma Liang |
| Courtesy name | Jichang (Chinese: 季常; pinyin: Jìcháng; Wade–Giles: Chi-ch'ang) |
Ma Liang (187–222),courtesy name Jichang, was an official serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He served in the state of Shu Han (founded by Liu Bei) during the early Three Kingdoms period.
Ma Liang was from Yicheng County (宜城縣), Xiangyang Commandery (襄陽郡), which is in present-day Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei. He was the eldest of five brothers – Ma Su was one of them – and was famous for his talent. He had white strands of hair in his eyebrows. There was a saying in Ma Liang's hometown to describe him and his brothers: "Of the five changs in the Ma family, White Brows is the most liang."
Around 209, when the warlord Liu Bei took charge of Jing Province (covering present-day Hubei and Hunan) after the death of its Inspector (刺史), Liu Qi, he recruited Ma Liang to serve as an Assistant Officer (從事) under him. Later in 211, when Liu Bei left Jing Province for an expedition in Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing), Ma Liang remained behind in Jing Province. Ma Liang was a close friend of Liu Bei's strategist Zhuge Liang and they were sworn brothers. He once wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang, who was in Yi Province at the time, to praise and encourage him. Ma Liang was later promoted to the position of a Senior Clerk (掾) in the office of the General of the Left (左將軍).
Ma Liang was later appointed as an emissary to meet the warlord Sun Quan, Liu Bei's ally. Sun Quan received and treated him very respectfully.
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