马武 / Ma Wu (Eastern Han)

Overview

Ma Wu appears in Hanji 733-1 as the commander who suppresses the early Mingdi Shaodang Qiang revolt after earlier Han responses fail.

Current Profile

The source first places Ma Wu beside Dou Gu when Mingdi sends a major force against the Shaodang Qiang crisis. Zhang Hong had been defeated at Yunwu, and the new reign needed a stronger military response after Dian Wu’s advance into Longxi.

Ma Wu’s distinct action comes later in the same year, when he attacks the Qiang and achieves suppression. The page’s current evidence is therefore narrow but clear: Ma Wu is the successful field resolver of this early frontier test.

Key Characteristics

• Military actor in Mingdi’s first Shaodang Qiang crisis.
• Sent with Dou Gu as part of a larger escalated response.
• Receives the source’s clearest credit for the later suppressive attack.
• Functions as a contrast to the failed initial command response.

Evidence

• Escalated deployment: Hanji 733-1 records Mingdi sending Dou Gu and Ma Wu with a large force after earlier failure.
• Suppression result: Hanji 733-1 says Ma Wu later attacks and pacifies the Qiang revolt.
• Frontier setting: Hanji 733-1 ties Ma Wu’s action to Dian Wu’s Shaodang Qiang movement through Xianling and Longxi.

Qualifications

• The source does not provide Ma Wu’s broader career, nor does it detail the tactics of the final suppression.
• Dou Gu’s role in the final stage is less specified in this episode than Ma Wu’s.

What Changed

• Created this page from Hanji 733-1 as a focused early-Mingdi frontier commander profile.

Relationships

• 汉明帝 / Emperor Ming of Han - sends Ma Wu during the accession-era frontier crisis.
• 窦固 / Dou Gu (Eastern Han) - deployed beside Ma Wu in the escalated Qiang response.
• 烧当羌 / Shaodang Qiang - Ma Wu suppresses this branch’s revolt in the source layer.
• 陇西郡 / Longxi Commandery - the crisis reaches Longxi before Ma Wu’s suppressive action.