一、前言 马吉符,字竹君,安徽怀宁(今安庆市)人,回族,马依泽公入籍中华35代裔孙。生于清光绪二年,故《怀宁马氏宗谱》(光绪二年丙子修订本)上有名。父祚绵,字儒珍,沈耽经史,隐居不仕,曾任《怀宁马氏宗谱》(修订木)校对。吉符少时,读书过目成诵,稍长肄业于安庆凤鸣书院(今安庆四中旧址),弱冠,为清末优附贡生。 吉符为文词藻遒丽,结构谨严;又刻苦自学而通晓英、日二语;博览群书,盱衡时势,而志在外交,深受堂伯维(马总)(祚遐)器重。时维(马总)与清末四川提督马维琪有金兰之雅,特于光绪二十七年(1901年)命吉符赴蓉晋谒维琪,遂入幕为宾。维琪观其文而赞其志,倚昆甚深。次年,清驻藏大臣咨请川省选送能胜任对外事务,才堪重任之得力人员赴藏襄助,维琪 First, the preface Magi Fu, word Zhu Jun, Anhui Huaining (now Anqing City) people, Hui, Ma Yize public Chinese 35 generations of descendants. Born in Qing dynasty two years, so “Huaining Ma’s genealogy” (Guangxu two years of Provisional Revision) on the famous. Father 祚 cotton, the word Confucianism Jane, Shen by history, seclusion Shi Shi, former “Huaining Ma’s genealogy” (revised wood) proofreading. Ji-Fu few hours, reading precepts into chanting, a little longer 肄 industry in Anqing Fengming College (now Anqing four in the site), weak crown, for the late gifted tribute Gong students. Ji Fu is the rhetoric of the text, cautious structure; hard self-learning and proficient in English and Japanese Second Language; read a lot of books, balance the current situation, and ambition in diplomacy, by Don Bo Wei (MA total) (祚 ya) emphasis. When the peacekeeping (MA) and the late Qing Sichuan Viceroy Ma Weiqi Jinlan elegant, especially in the twenty-seven years Guangxu (1901) life Ji Fu went to Chengdu Jin Ye Weiqi, then enter the curtain for the guests. Vicky view its text and praise its record, relying on Queensland very deep. The following year, the Qing Minister of Resident Affairs invited Sichuan Province to send competent personnel to Tibet for assistance in handling foreign affairs,