[2]Period and identityThe biographical material places Ma Guangzu in the Song dynasty, documents his official career, and records his poetry, supporting the summary of him as a Song-dynasty official and poet.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The profile identifies the dynasty, while the biographies list his offices and state that eight poems are recorded.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The principal record identifies him with the Song, the office list includes Counsellor-in-Administration, and the text association identifies him as an author.
[4]Native placeThe native-place evidence gives Jinhua in Wuzhou, now in Zhejiang, while Dongyang is also listed as his ancestral place.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biographies call him a native of Jinhua, and the profile gives Jinhua as belonging to present-day Zhejiang.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The native-place entries list Dongyang as the basic and ancestral place and also list Jinhua.
[5]FamilyMa Guangzu was the grandson of Ma Zhichun and the son of Ma Zhengji; Wu and Ye are both listed as his mother, Ma Guangguo was his younger brother born in 1206, and his wife belonged to the Ding clan.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biography identifies Ma Zhichun as his grandfather.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The kinship entries identify Ma Zhichun as grandfather, Ma Zhengji as father, list Wu and Ye as mothers, give Ma Guangguo as a younger brother born in 1206, and identify Ding as his wife.
[6]Education and examinationMa Guangzu studied under Zhen Dexiu, passed the jinshi examination in the second year of the Baoqing era, corresponding to 1226, and was appointed registrar of Xinyu; the examination entry also identifies him as a jinshi.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biographies record his study under Zhen Dexiu, his Baoqing second-year jinshi degree in 1226, and his appointment as Xinyu registrar.
[7]Local officesHis career included the administration of Yugan, Gaoyou, Chuzhou, Lin'an, and Jiankang, together with pacification, transport, and tea-and-salt supervisory appointments.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biographies list Yugan, Gaoyou, Chuzhou, Lin'an, Jiankang, and the Western Zhejiang and Jiangdong pacification offices.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The appointment list independently includes the Jiangnan-West tea-and-salt post, Gaoyou, Chuzhou, Lin'an, Jiankang, Jiangnan-East pacification, and transport posts.
[8]Court memorialAfter serving as governor of Lin'an and pacification commissioner of Western Zhejiang, Ma Guangzu appeared at court and raised the capital's food shortage, increased prices in state grain purchases, and piracy leading to raids as three problems.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biography links his Lin'an and Western Zhejiang offices with his court audience and the three problems he presented.
[9]Jiankang administrationAs pacification commissioner of Jiangdong and governor of Jiankang, he reduced taxes, cared for vulnerable people, promoted learning, honored the worthy, and recruited staff considered outstanding in their time.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biography lists his Jiangdong and Jiankang offices and the tax, relief, educational, recruitment, and personnel measures associated with them.
[10]Additional appointmentsThe appointment list includes the riverine military commission, the vice-ministerial and ministerial Revenue posts, the governorships of Jiangling and Fuzhou, and the academicianship of the Duanming Palace and other palace academies.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The appointment list gives the riverine military commission, Revenue vice-minister and minister, Jiangling and Fuzhou offices, and the Duanming, Guanwen, and Longtu palace-academy posts.
[11]State Governance Palace and Bureau of Military AffairsThe biographical text calls the office Grand Academician of the Palace of State Governance and combines it with supervision of Huai-xi, while the appointment list gives Academician of the Palace of State Governance; both record his subsequent appointment as Joint Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biography gives the Grand Academician title with Huai-xi supervision and says that he advanced to Joint Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The appointment list gives Academician of the Palace of State Governance and Joint Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
[12]Late offices and posthumous nameUnder Emperor Duzong, Ma Guangzu became Counsellor-in-Administration in 1267 and Director of the Bureau of Military Affairs in 1269 while retaining the former office; he later retired with the rank of Jinzi Guanglu Dafu and received the posthumous name Zhuangmin.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The biographies record the Xianchun third-year and fifth-year offices, retirement with Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, and posthumous name Zhuangmin; the date labels identify the years as 1267 and 1269.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The appointment list includes Counsellor-in-Administration, Director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Guanglu Dafu, while the alternative-name entry identifies Zhuangmin as a posthumous name.
[13]RecommendationsMa Guangzu recommended Zhang Xian and Cui Youliang; Cui, a native of Jinling, entered the Painting Academy as a daizhao during the Chunyou era on Ma's recommendation and was known for Daoist and Buddhist figures and red-toned landscapes.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The association entries record Ma's recommendations of Zhang Xian and Cui Youliang and describe Cui's Jinling origin, Chunyou appointment to the Painting Academy, and painting subjects.
[14]Military appointmentsMa Guangzu ordered his subordinate Xiang Shibi to relieve Hezhou, where Xiang won repeated successes.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The association entry identifies Xiang Shibi as Ma's subordinate and records the order to reinforce Hezhou and Xiang's repeated successes.
[15]Wang DengWang Deng was recruited by Ma Guangzu; after his reputation rose, he was slandered by jealous detractors.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The association entry says that Wang Deng was successively recruited by Wu Yuan, Zhao Kui, and Ma Guangzu, and was later slandered by jealous detractors.
[16]Literary associationsMa Guangzu exchanged writings with Yuan Fu, Fang Dazong, and Chen Zhuo, including explanations of names and courtesy names, colophons, poems and prose, commemorative inscriptions, an academy record, a sacrificial text, and a letter.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The association entries connect Yuan Fu with the name explanations, colophons, poems, prose, and inscriptions, Fang Dazong with an academy record, and Chen Zhuo with a sacrificial text and a letter.
[17]Poems and Qingming jiThe biography records eight poems by Ma Guangzu, and the text association lists Qingming ji as a work for which he is the author.
Souyun馬光祖 (35285)The poetry entry states that eight poems are recorded under his name.
CBDBMa Guangzu (20699)The text association lists Qingming ji and identifies Ma Guangzu as its author.
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