Ma Zhijie is a Chinese author whose writing is mainly devoted to history. Public information about him is limited: his dates of birth and death, native place, and educational background are not clearly recorded. One work by him is held in the collection, The History of the Three Kingdoms, which is classified as a history book for general readers and may be regarded as his representative achievement. In subject matter, Ma Zhijie focuses on the Three Kingdoms period, an era in Chinese history marked by divided political power, complex personal relationships, and a mixture of historical records and later legend. His writing is aimed at ordinary readers rather than specialists, emphasizing the clear unfolding of historical events and the background of figures and incidents. Works of this kind require the author to choose between official histories and later traditions while keeping the narrative coherent and readable without departing from basic historical facts. Because relevant materials are scarce, it is difficult to assess his style and scholarly orientation in more detail, and his influence is mainly reflected in how the book is read and circulated.
