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# Ma Daopo

Ma Daopo is a character in Dream of the Red Chamber, the godmother to whom Jia Baoyu is nominally entrusted, and a woman who follows money. At Concubine Zhao's urging she uses sorcery to harm Baoyu and Wang Xifeng, who are saved by a monk and a Daoist, and in chapter 81 she is caught and handed to the authorities.

Ma Daopo is a character in Dream of the Red Chamber. Wikidata gives her Chinese name as 马道婆, records her family name as Ma, and lists the variant 馬道婆. Daopo is a term for her station, and no personal name is recorded, so the title stays as it was.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]

## Position and character

Chinese Wikipedia says she is the godmother to whom Jia Baoyu is nominally entrusted, and that she is a woman who follows money. Wikidata records her residence as Shenjing, the novel's fictional capital, and the setting as the Reigning Dynasty.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]

## The sorcery

According to the article, she asks the Lady Dowager to donate five catties of oil each day to light the sea lamps, as a cure for Baoyu, while at the same time plotting with Concubine Zhao to harm Baoyu and Wang Xifeng in secret by sorcery. A monk and a Daoist come to the rescue, and so Baoyu and Xifeng escape the disaster.[^zhwiki]

## Exposure

The article says that in chapter 81 her deeds come to light, and she is seized by the injured party and sent to the authorities.[^zhwiki]

## Basic facts

- Form of address: Ma Daopo, also written 馬道婆[^wikidata]
- Role: godmother to whom Jia Baoyu is nominally entrusted[^zhwiki]
- Residence: Shenjing, the novel's fictional capital[^wikidata]
- Setting recorded on this entry: the Reigning Dynasty of the novel[^wikidata]
- Appears in: [Dream of the Red Chamber](/en/works/dream-red-chamber.html)

更新时间：2026-10-29

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## 关系

- Related works：[Dream of the Red Chamber](/en/works/dream-red-chamber.html) 

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## 来源

- Wikidata Q10566629：https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10566629 
- 马道婆（维基百科）：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E9%81%93%E5%A9%86