Ma Rong
Ma Rong ( Chinese 馬 融 / 马 融 , Pinyin Mǎ Róng , W.-G. Ma Jung , Zì : 季 长 , Jìcháng , * 79 ; † 166 ) was a Chinese scholar, man of letters and commentator from the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty .
He was born in Maoling ( 茂陵 ) in Youfufeng ( 右 扶風 / 右 扶风 ), in the northeast of today's town of Xingping ( 興平 / 兴平 ) in Shaanxi Province .
His commentaries on the books of the Wǔjīng (Five Classics) are known. He was the first known scholar to fully comment on it. He also developed the double-column commentary for it.
His most important students were Lu Zhi ( 盧植 / 卢植 ) and Zheng Xuan ( 鄭玄 / 郑玄 ).
His biography is contained in the book of the Later Han ( Hòu Hànshū ). He wrote the "Rhapsody about the flute" ( Chángdí Fù 長笛 賦 / 长笛 赋 ) and possibly another work known as the "Classic of Loyalty" ( Zhōngjīng 忠 經 / 忠 经 ).
His lost works were put together in one edition under the title “ Mǎ Jichang Jí ” ( 馬季 長 集 / 马季 长 集 - “Collection of Ma Jichang”) in the Ming period .
literature
- (清) 馬國翰 《玉函 山房 輯佚 書》 - ( Qing ) Mǎ Guóhàn - Yùhánshānfáng Jíyìshū , for example: Ma Guohan, "Collection of lost writings from the house on Yuhan Shan"
- (清) 黃 奭 《漢 學堂 叢書》
- (明) 張 溥 輯 《馬季 長 集》
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Liu, Kwang-Ching: Orthodoxy in Late Imperial China. University of California Press, Berkeley, United States 1990 (English), page 69, ISBN 9780520065420 and ISBN 0520065425 [1] , at www.worldcat.org, accessed March 29, 2019 - online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ma Rong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 馬 融; 马 融; Mǎ Róng; Ma Jung; Jichang; 季 长 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese scholar, man of letters and commentator from the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 79 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 166 |