Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Ma Xinyi

Ma Xinyi(; Pinyin: , Wade-Giles: , and variably 穀三''' ; Posthumous name: ; created was an eminent Han Chinese official, military general of the late Qing Dynasty in China.

Ma raised the Green Standard Army to fight against the Taiping Rebellion and restored the stability of Qing Dynasty along with other prominent figures, including Hu Linyi and Guam Wing, setting the scene for the era later known as the "Tongzhi Restoration"(同治中兴). He was known for his Assassination, it symbol conflict seriously between the Xiang Army and Green Standard Army.

Early life


Born as a native of Heze, Shandong in 1821, he had successfully passed the metropolitan examinations at the age of 26 , a prestigious achievement in China. He had earned the ''Jinshi'' degree, the highest level in the civil service examinations, which led to his appointment to the Hanlin Academy, a body of outstanding Chinese literary scholars who performed literary tasks for the imperial court.

Entry into imperial politics



Fame and military campaigns




Assassination



He was later appointed Viceroy of Liangjiang in 1868 but died there.

Films


萬箭穿心(The Oath of Death 1971)

刺馬(Blood Brothers )

五雷轟頂(Thunderbolt 1973)

投名狀(The Warlords),Jet Li as Ma Xinyi 2007年12月上映。

All above films are based on lies, none tells the truth.

1 comment:

iefung said...

There is another film about ma xin yi. It was aired in atv around the year of 1991. The English title is Assasination. But I don't know the mandarin title and the actors also