▁Li u ▁Bei ▁before ▁his ▁death . ▁Ma ▁Ch ao ▁wrote : ▁" Over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁my ▁family ▁were ▁killed ▁by ▁C ao ▁C ao . ▁I ▁only ▁have ▁my ▁cousin ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁left ▁with ▁me . ▁He ▁will ▁be ▁the ▁one ▁to ▁continue ▁my ▁family ▁line . ▁I ▁entr ust ▁him ▁to ▁Your ▁Majesty ' s ▁care . ▁That ▁is ▁all ▁I ▁have ▁to ▁say ." ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Sh u ▁Han ▁as ▁a ▁military ▁general . ▁The ▁highest ▁position ▁he ▁att ained ▁was ▁" General ▁Who ▁Pac ifies ▁the ▁North " ▁( 平 北 <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x87> 軍 ). ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁en fe off ed ▁as ▁the ▁" Mar quis ▁of ▁Ch enc ang " ▁( 陳 <0xE5> <0x80> <0x89> <0xE4> <0xBE> <0xAF> ). ▁ ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Wei ▁Yan ' s ▁bi ography . ▁In ▁ 2 3 4 , ▁when ▁conflict ▁broke ▁out ▁between ▁Yang ▁Y i ▁and ▁Wei ▁Yan ▁after ▁Zh uge ▁Li ang ' s ▁death , ▁Yang ▁Y i ▁ordered ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁to ▁attack ▁Wei ▁Yan . ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁caught ▁up ▁with ▁Wei ▁Yan ▁while ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁fle eing ▁towards ▁H anz h ong , ▁dec ap itated ▁him , ▁brought ▁his ▁head ▁back , ▁and ▁threw ▁it ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Yang ▁Y i . ▁ ▁Ma ▁D ai ▁is ▁also ▁briefly ▁mentioned ▁in ▁S ima ▁Y i ' s ▁bi ography ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Jin . ▁In