Armenia has a very special surname: Mamikonyan. People with this surname claim that their ancestors came from China, and they were a prince in China called Ma Kang.
As a result, many people began to compare Ma Kang with the heroes of the old Ma family in history, and finally chose to attribute Ma Kang as the descendants of the Three Kingdoms Ma Chao ! Can history be such a joke? Sorry, that's what it is.
Although Ma Chao is one of the five tiger generals in " Romance of the Three Kingdoms ", he is also a positive character. But what this old man did was insane.
Event 1, Ma Chao abandoned his father.
Ma Chao's father Ma Teng was originally a separatist warlord of Xiliang , but later he went to the court to be an official and handed Xiliang to Ma Chao.
Cao Cao When he was planning to attack Zhang Lu , he wanted to borrow from Ma Chao, but Ma Chao thought it was a fake strategy to destroy Guo, so he openly rebelled against Cao Cao. Cao Cao was stunned, and he killed Ma Chao's father and brothers without saying a word.
Event 2, careless loss of Western Liang.
Ma Chao and Han Sui themselves jointly guard Xiliang,The days were pretty decent. But Cao Cao wanted to come to do something, Ma Chao's fighting power was strong, and Cao Cao couldn't stop him at all.
So Cao Cao resorted to the countermeasure , deliberately reminiscing with Han Sui, resulting in Ma Chao and Han Sui becoming enemies. In the end, Cao Cao easily captured Xiliang.
Event three, disregarding family members.
After losing Xiliang, Ma Chao fled to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong to do odd jobs with his family and subordinates. Zhang Lu asked Ma Chao to attack the Jiameng Pass in Yizhou . In order to show his loyalty, Ma Chao left his family and injured old men in Hanzhong.
As a result, after Ma Chao met Liu Bei , he actually surrendered without caring about his family and his old ministry! After Cao Cao took Hanzhong, he decisively slaughtered Ma Chao's family.
Combining the above three things, we will find that although Ma Chao has a high status and a strong martial arts, he always feels that there is something wrong. Perhaps what he lacks is conscience and strategy?
If this guy hadn't surrendered to Liu Bei later, and Liu Bei happened to be promoted by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a positive teaching material, then Ma Chao's reputation would not be much better. Closer to home, is Armenia's Mami Konyan really a descendant of Ma Chao?
We can see the basis for this.
According to one, it is recorded in the book "History of Armenia".
The History of Armenia is a historiographical work written by Movches,He lived around the 5th century AD and was called "the father of historiography" by the Armenians .
Here it is clearly recorded that the ancestor of the Mamikonyan family is Ma Kang, or translated as Mam Gong. Around the 3rd century AD, Ma Kang moved from China to Armenia.
And Ma Kang claimed that his father was a Chinese monarch, or the boss of the separatist regime, named Albok. At first, Ma Kang fled to Persia , and the Chinese emperor also led his troops to Persia and asked them to surrender Ma Kang.
In desperation, the Sassanid dynasty of Persia had to hide Ma Kang in its own dependent country, Armenia. And Ma Kang himself is also very powerful. He has repeatedly made military exploits in Armenia, and has gradually been appreciated by the local king, and he has also been given the surname Mamikonyan.
Why does this sound more reliable? Because the age of the author of "History of Armenia" is only about 200 years away from the time when Ma Kang came to Armenia, which is more convincing than the writings of later generations. And Ma Chao was indeed also a man of the 3rd century AD.
According to the second, almost all Armenians agree on this.
Does the truth matter? Sometimes the truth doesn't necessarily matter that much. After all, after so many years, who knows if the bloodline has been cut off? And ancient China is very particular about adoption, as long as it is adopted, even if there is no blood relationship, it is considered a member of the family. For example, Cao Cao's father Cao Song was adopted to the Cao family.
Today, in Armenia, the descendants of the Mamikonyan family all recognize themselves as descendants of the Ma family . And they are proud of it.
why? Because they feel that their ancestors were once very powerful heroes, and they also once rebelled against the authority of the ruler. Therefore, the descendants of the Ma family, inspired by this spirit, became an important promoter of Armenian national liberation. Vardan and Vaan Mamikonyan, for example, became heroes for the national liberation of Armenia.
And besides Mamikonyan's own family members, almost all Armenians admit that Mamikonyan family members are from China. What everyone agrees with is basically a matter of fact!
According to three, the time of legend and history matches the number.
According to historical records, the time when Ma Kang escaped from China can be determined to be around the 3rd century AD. And this period happened to be the Three Kingdoms period.
The hero of the old Ma family during the Three Kingdoms period was naturally Ma Chao. Ma Chao once ruled one side and said that he is the king is not an exaggeration at all. Ma Kang's family was killed by the Chinese emperor, and Ma Chao's family was also killed by Cao Cao. This is the right number again!
In addition, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty did not hesitate to go to war, but also to keep Ma Kang, which shows that Ma Kang is definitely not an ordinary general. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to identify Ma Kang as a descendant of Ma Chao.
Summary: Obviously, this is forced association.
Even if there are records of this in the historical materials, there is no name to link Ma Chao and Ma Kang together. And in our history books, there is only one son of Ma Chao who survived, Ma Cheng .
Immediately after his death, he said: "The more than 200 mouths of the sect of the sect have been utterly exhausted by Meng De ,Only the younger brother Dai, who should be the successor of Wei Zong's blood and food, deeply entrusts His Majesty, and the rest have no reply. "After the posthumous title of Weihou, the son inherited the heir. Dai became the general of Pingbei, and became the lord of Chencanghou. The super girl matches Wangli of Anping. --- " Three Kingdoms"
In addition to saying that Ma Cheng inherited Ma Chao Apart from his title, there is no detailed record of Ma Cheng. In addition, Ma Chao's family was basically settled by Cao Cao, including his former son of course.
If Ma Chao has such a descendant, after thousands of years He worked hard to escape to Armenia and made great achievements there. So this is a good thing for Shu Han, and it is impossible not to mention it in the historical data. Even Cao Cao knew that Ma Kang ran Going to the west, will Ma Chao not know?
References: "Three Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms"
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