马日磾 / Ma Ridi (late Han)

马日磾 / Ma Ridi enters the wiki through Hanji 982 as a court official sent to 寿春 with 赵岐. The episode says 袁术 deliberately humiliates him, takes the imperial tally in his hands, pressures him to appoint several Yuan Shu-side officers, and tries to keep him as an adviser.

His source role is about 名器合法性 under coercion. Ma Ridi carries court authority, but the visible object that should authorize appointment can be seized by a regional warlord, turning title machinery into Yuan Shu’s resource. The episode ends his branch with shame and fatal distress after the lost tally.

Connections

• 袁术 - warlord who takes the tally and extracts appointments.
• 寿春 - setting for the court mission and Yuan Shu pressure.
• 赵岐 - fellow official contrasted with Ma Ridi’s vulnerability.
• 名器合法性 - concept sharpened by the seized tally.
• Hanji 982 - source context.