Ma Chao was born in Maoling, Fufeng, Meng Qi (now Xingping, Shaanxi). Famous soldiers of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period. Ma Chao is a descendant of Fu Bo general Ma Yuan in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At first, he became a warlord with his father Marten in Xiliang, and later attacked Tongguan with Han Sui, who was defeated by Cao Cao for deviance. After that, Ma Chao attacked and killed Wei Kang, the secretariat of Liangzhou, and was soon defeated by Yang Fu, an old minister of Wei Kang, who defected to Zhang Lu. After Liu Bei entered Shu, Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei and acted as the forerunner of Liu Bei, and entered Chengdu. Liu Bei said that the king of Hanzhong worshipped Ma Chao as the left general and had a holiday; In 22 1 a.d., Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, served as a general of generals in ancient times in Ma Chao, led the Liangzhou herd and sealed the township head. Ma Chao is one of Liu Bei's Five Tiger Generals.