Ma Yong

Ma Yong, Cao Wei's Longxi Chief Clerk, was ordered to leave the city, form ranks, and beat drums to repel Shu forces; the Romance omits him.
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History · vol. 15Records of the Three Kingdoms
…楚聞賊到,乃遣長史馬顒出門設陣,而自於城上曉謂蜀帥,言:「卿能斷隴,使東兵不上,一月之中,則隴西吏人不攻自服;…
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是時,太祖徙民以充河北,隴西、天水、南安民相恐動,擾擾不安,旣假三郡人為將吏者休課,使治屋宅,作水碓,民心遂安。太祖將拔漢中守,恐劉備北取武都氐以逼關中,問旣。旣曰:「可勸使北出就穀以避賊,前至者厚其寵賞,則先者知利,後必慕之。」太祖從其策,乃自到漢中引出諸軍,令旣之武都,徙氐五萬餘落出居扶風、天水界。〈《三輔決錄注》曰:旣為兒童,為郡功曹游殷察異之,引旣過家,旣敬諾。殷先歸,勑家具設賔饌。及旣至,殷妻笑曰:「君其悖乎!張德容童昏小兒,何異客哉!」殷曰:「卿勿怪,乃方伯之器也。」殷遂與旣論霸王之略。饗訖,以子楚託之;旣謙不受,殷固託之,旣以殷邦之宿望,難違其旨,乃許之。殷先與司隷校尉胡軫有隙,軫誣搆殺殷。殷死月餘,軫得疾患,自說但言「伏罪,伏罪,游功曹將鬼來」。於是遂死。于時關中稱曰:「生有知人之明,死有貴神之靈。」子楚字仲允,為蒲阪令。太祖定關中時,漢興郡缺,太祖以問旣,旣稱楚才兼文武,遂以為漢興太守。後轉隴西。《魏略》曰:楚為人慷慨,歷位宰守,所在以恩德為治,不好刑殺。太和中,諸葛亮出隴右,吏民騷動。天水、南安太守各棄郡東下,楚獨據隴西,召會吏民,謂之曰:「太守無恩德。今蜀兵至,諸郡吏民皆已應之,此亦諸卿富貴之秋也。太守本為國家守郡,義在必死,卿諸人便可取太守頭持往。」吏民皆涕淚,言「死生當與明府同,無有二心」。楚復言:「卿曹若不願,我為卿畫一計。今東二郡已去,必將寇來,但可共堅守。若國家救到,寇必去,是為一郡守義,人人獲爵寵也。若官救不到,蜀攻日急,爾乃取太守以降,未為晚也。」吏民遂城守。而南安果將蜀兵,就攻隴西。楚聞賊到,乃遣長史馬顒出門設陣,而自於城上曉謂蜀帥,言:「卿能斷隴,使東兵不上,一月之中,則隴西吏人不攻自服;卿若不能,虛自疲弊耳。」使顒鳴鼓擊之,蜀人乃去。後十餘日,諸軍上隴,諸葛亮破走。南安、天水皆坐應亮破滅,兩郡守各獲重刑,而楚以功封列侯,長史掾屬皆賜拜。帝嘉其治,詔特聽朝,引上殿。楚為人短小而大聲,自為吏,初不朝覲,被詔登階,不知儀式。帝令侍中贊引,呼「隴西太守前」,楚當言「唯」,而大應稱「諾」。帝顧之而笑,遂勞勉之。罷會,自表乞留宿衞,拜駙馬都尉。楚不學問,而性好遊遨音樂。乃畜歌者,琵琶、箏、簫,每行來將以自隨。所在樗蒲、投壺,歡欣自娛。數歲,復出為北地太守,年七十餘卒。〉
Ma Yong was the Chief Clerk to You Chu, the Cao Wei Administrator of Longxi, and is mentioned in the Weilüe cited in Pei Songzhi’s annotations. He does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
- When Zhuge Liang advanced into the right region of Long and the Shu army attacked Longxi, Ma Yong, acting on You Chu’s orders, left the city to form a battle array and beat drums against the Shu army. The Shu army then withdrew. (Recorded in historical sources)
Relationships
- Served as Chief Clerk to You Chu, the Administrator of Longxi.
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