Killed in a volley of arrows as Cao Cao attacks the Ma’s outside Xuchang.
Officer Details
Wade-Giles: Ma T‘ieh
Simplified Chinese: 马铁
Pronunciation: Ma3 Tie3
Cantonese (Yale): Ma Tit
Cantonese (Jyutpin): Maa Tit
Min-Nan: Ma Tiat
Birthplace: Longxi
Rank and Titles
Colonel of the Cavalry
Family and Relationships
Ma Teng (Father); Ma Chao, Ma Xiu (Brothers)
Literary Appearances
Biography
Ma Tie was a son of Ma Teng. He accompanied his father to Ye city when Ma Teng was persuaded to take up rank there. Though granted a rank himself, he was executed alongside his father when Ma Chao later revolted.
A Biographical Dictionary of the Later-Han to Three Kingdoms by Dr. Rafe de Crespigny