Ma Liang

馬良
Courtesy name: Jichang (季常)
Born
187
Died
222
Ancestral home
Yicheng, Xiangyang (Yicheng, Hubei)
Book mentions
32
Roles:
advisor general politician
Factions:
Shu Han (primary)
Appears in 14 chapters:
  • Chapter 52 — Zhuge Liang Negotiates With Lu Su; Zhao Zilong Captures Guiyang.
    The White Eyebrows of the village couplet: his first counsel maps the next act - keep Liu Qi as nominal Protector to quiet the people, then take Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang, and Changsha for their resources. Appointed Imperial Protector Assistant with Yi Ji as his second.
  • Chapter 63 — Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pang Tong; Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan.
    Ma Liang; with Liu Bei.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Ma Liang; in Liu Bei's circle at Chengdu.
  • Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
    Ma Liang; with Liu Bei.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Ma Liang; serves with Guan Yu at Jingzhou; will go north with him.
  • Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
    Ma Liang; plays go with Guan Yu during Hua Tuo's surgery - sits steady as the bone is scraped.
  • Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
    Ma Liang; bears Guan Yu's despatches to Chengdu.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Ma Liang; with the Shu court.
  • Chapter 81 — Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
    Ma Liang; with the Shu expedition as Liu Bei's recorder.
  • Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
    Ma Liang; tries to dissuade Liu Bei from the forested camps; carries Liu Bei's camp-map back to Zhuge Liang in Chengdu for review (Zhuge Liang will react in horror).
  • Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
    Ma Liang; rides on ahead to Chengdu with the camp-map; survives by being absent when the fire breaks.
  • Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
    Ma Liang; named in passing - Ma Su's elder brother.
  • Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
    Ma Liang; with the campaign; the Yi-tribe expert.
  • Chapter 95 — Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
    Ma Liang; named in passing - Ma Su's brother; the chapter recalls Liu Bei's dying warning ('Ma Su's words exceed his deeds; do not give him important command') that Zhuge Liang ignored, to his bitter regret.