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- Assassination_of_Ma_Xinyi abstract "On 22 August 1870, Ma Xinyi—Viceroy of Liangjiang of the Qing dynasty who contributed much to the crushing defeat of the Taiping Rebellion—was assassinated in Nanjing by Zhang Wenxiang with a blade. He died the next day. After several months of fruitless interrogations, Zhang was publicly executed by slow slicing on 15 May 1871, with the government calling him a former pirate angry at Ma's suppression of his fellow robbers. Zhang, who confessed nothing of his motives, merely said, \"Ma Xinyi was neither ren (compassionate) nor yi (righteous)\". Some believe the quote indicated a personal relationship, with \"not yi\" hinting that Ma was a betrayer. One of the most sensational assassinations in Chinese history, the event has since spawn several largely fictitious novels, operas, films and TV series.".