Ma Yin
| King Wumu of Chu 楚武穆王 | |||||||||||||
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| King of Chu | |||||||||||||
| Ruler of Ma Chu | |||||||||||||
| Reign | June 8, 907 or 927 – December 2, 930 | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Ma Xisheng (Prince of Hengyang) | ||||||||||||
| Jiedushi of Wu'an Circuit (武安軍節度使) | |||||||||||||
| Tenure | 896 – 930 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Liu Jianfeng | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Ma Xisheng | ||||||||||||
| Born | 852 | ||||||||||||
| Died | December 2, 930 | ||||||||||||
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| House | Ma | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Ma Chu | ||||||||||||
Ma Yin (traditional Chinese: 馬殷; simplified Chinese: 马殷; pinyin: Mǎ Yīn; c. 853 – December 2, 930), courtesy name Batu (霸圖), also known by his posthumous name as the King Wumu of Chu (楚武穆王), was a Chinese military general and politician who became the founding ruler of the Chinese Ma Chu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was the only monarch who carried the title of "king" in his dynasty. He initially took control of the Changsha region in 896 after the death of his predecessor Liu Jianfeng, and subsequently increased his territorial hold to roughly modern Hunan and northeastern Guangxi, which became the territory of Ma Chu.