Ma-lâi (Chief of Eight Villages) and Lâu Siù-tsâi (劉秀才) - 1885 Nov 30 Mackay Diary


Gemini image of  Mackay's account 1885 Nov  30

Diary of George Leslie Mackay (1885 Nov 30 Mon)

Ma-lâi also mentioned (1890 Dec 27 Sat)



清淡水縣署舊址 Tamsui County Magistrate's Office (1875) 址碑
台北市中正區武昌街一段14號（台灣省城隍廟內 Taiwan Provincial City God Temple）

1885 Nov Ma-lâi agreed submission to Qing authority, shaved to become Chinese subjects for himself and 番丁 (indigenous adult male) of 8 villages.

He was consequently granted lavish prizes on ONE condition - that Ma-lâi must collect the prizes in person at Tamsui County Magistrate's Office (today's Taiwan Provincial City God Temple). Ma-lâi's movements after becoming a wealthy Chinese subject appears unknown, undocumented (at least not to my knowledge).



Ma-lâi - Chief of 8 villages by George Mackay (1885)
Malay - Chief of 7 villages by Inō Kanori (1896 The Shung Ye Museum information)



Ma-lâi by Paul D. Barclay Lafayette College (Shung Ye Museum information)
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Ma-lâi Chief of 8 villages Quchi-Ulay 屈尺-湯社

While I had no specific interest in Ma-lâi information, I was a little curious about the 'none-existence' (pretty much) of this significant chief of 8 villages after he became 'Chinese'. No information on his lineal descendants for example.

KEY information given by Professor 黃富三 Huang Fusan at Taiwan Old-Family Conference IV (2024)


Ma-lai Mstranan 

Professor 黃富三 Huang Fusan presentation and articles matches Ma-lâ information available by Mackay and several other historical documents of the era (1845-1945). 

Information I collected related to Ma-lâi and 'Mstranan'.

Qalang Mstranan - Fushan Ulay (Ma-lâ statue)


taranan 新店番 （Atayal 大豹社 Myth and Tradition 1930)



Ulay 湯社. 湯 pronounced Yu ゆ meaning hot spring is Japanese.
Uhey  and Ulay may be related. 

Mstranan,taranan,talaran variations of the same phrase/word I reckon. Nothing to do with a type of tree which is a common modern indigenous practice (etymology) - giving places a tree name; places names mean a type of tree.

Lâu Siù-tsâi 劉秀才 is 劉廷玉 (Liu Tingyu) 

Chairman 劉啟群 - descendant of 劉廷玉
Taiwan Roots. Taiwan Old-Family

(公元1885(光緒11年乙酉)烏來山谷「生番」八社總頭目馬來克志「驁桀」殺新店屈尺漢民十四人之多, 劉銘傳命大將劉朝祜帶領衛隊, 召集曾參加中法戰役時擁有鄉勇尚未解散者愛國志士, 大坪林劉廷玉, 霧峰鄉林朝棟, 艋舺李秉鈞, 木柵張李成等共同出兵剿撫, 當八社就撫後在新店屈尺設「撫墾分局」以胞兄劉廷籓,姪子劉隆得為助手, 慕人上山, 種植茶葉, 並且設私塾, 招收「番童」四、五十人, 教他們簡易的語文, 勸導番人改除馘首的習俗, 也為番人改漢姓, 表示漢化. 自此之後, 八社漢化, 百姓能在屈尺、烏來、新店之間, 以物易貨, 屈尺至桶坪山之地, 完全開闢.) HERE

While Ma-lâi identity remains obscure,  Lâu Siù-tsâi identity is firmly confirmed.

Dr Liu 劉啟群 is a descendant and he confirmed with me the man and woman on the 'scroll-on-silk' are 劉廷玉 (Liu Tingyu) and his wife. The Warners took these photos from Liu's ancestral home or institute. 

Scroll on silk
：
Paul D. Barclay
Lafayette Digital Repository (
Gerald＆Rella Warner) HERE

Dr Liu 劉啟群 confirms the identity of man and woman being 劉廷玉 (Liu Tingyu) and wife. Also identifies location where these scrolls were photographed by the Warner couple.



The Cafe Astoria 明星咖啡館 (opposite 台灣省城隍廟內 Taiwan Provincial City God Temple) - The taboo did not bother Russian founders.


It is a Taiwanese taboo to open a business in direct opposition to a temple. However - Astoria founders were 5 Russians and 1 Taiwanese- the taboo did not bother them .
About Astoria HERE and HERE.








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