满文“马法”(m afa)原义为“祖”或祖先 ,后引申有“老翁”、“长老”之义 ,这种说法已成定论 ,勿庸赘述。而近读清史专家王钟翰先生结集出版的《清史新考》一书中《释马法》一文 ,王先生在“马法”一词具有上述两种含义的基础上 ,又提出了一种新看法 ,即满文“马法”汉译时另 Manchu “mfa” (m afa) the original meaning of “ancestors” or ancestors, extended after the “old man”, “elders” meaning, this argument has become a conclusive, needless to say. The recent reading history expert Wang Zhonghan compiled and published << Qing History New Test >> a book << release of Ma >> a text, Mr. Wang in the ’Mafa’ has the above two meanings, but also put forward a new idea , That Manchu “Ma Fa” Chinese translation of the other