马相 / Ma Xiang (late Han)
马相 / Ma Xiang enters the wiki through Hanji 940 as a 益州 rebel who rises with 赵祗 at 绵竹 under a Yellow Turban banner. The source says their opening succeeds partly because 郗俭 has already lost local support through extraction and abuse.
The episode treats Ma Xiang as a negative short-run power case. After killing Xi Jian and spreading toward 巴郡 and 犍为郡, he proclaims himself Son of Heaven. That title escalation is read as ambition outrunning durable administrative and popular foundations.
贾龙 then gathers officials and commoners to attack, defeats Ma Xiang after several days, and forces him to flee. Ma Xiang therefore becomes a source case for the difference between insurgent momentum and 民心型政治安全 that can actually stabilize a region.