马陵

馬陵

Mǎlíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Maling, site of the battle of 341 BC in which Sun Bin of Qi destroyed the army of Wei

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

庞涓在马陵被齐军打败，最后自杀了。

Páng Juān zài Mǎlíng bèi Qí jūn dǎbài, zuìhòu zìshā le.

Pang Juan was defeated by the Qi army at Maling and in the end took his own life.

HSK 7-9

孙膑在马陵伏击了魏军。

Sūn Bìn zài Mǎlíng fújī le Wèi jūn.

Sun Bin ambushed the Wei army at Maling.

Tips

history

Sun Bin lured Pang Juan on by having his camp light fewer cooking fires each day (减灶), so Wei thought the Qi army was deserting. At Maling he stripped a tree and wrote on it "Pang Juan dies under this tree"; when Pang Juan lit a torch to read it, the archers shot.

usage

Where Maling was is disputed: sites in Shandong, Henan and Hebei all claim the battlefield.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

陵 líng