Hu Guang (胡广) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Hu Guang as a commentator, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Hu Guang	胡广	Hú Guǎng
Title	Grand Tutor	太傅
Given	Guang	广	Guǎng
Given	Guang	廣	Guǎng
Surname	Hu	胡	Hú
Personal name	Hu Guang	胡廣	Hú Guǎng
Personal name	Hu Guang	胡廣	Hu Guang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0286, houhanshu:131:s0057, nanqishu:016:s0004
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:378:s0050

Roles

Commentator
Official
Scholar
Statesman
Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:378:s0202, qingshigao:378:s0205
Source Date: Text: 太傅胡廣說曰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 120 · End: AD 172
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:131:s0057, houhanshu:131:s0067, houhanshu:131:s0071
Source Date: Text: 東漢舊儀作者 · Western Interval: Start: AD 91 · End: AD 172
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:016:s0004
Source Date: Text: 胡广曰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 91 · End: AD 172
Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0286

Career and standing

Label: commentator / 注释家
Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0286
Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0057

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: lived-under
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:126:s0286

Works and attributed material

Work: Old Protocols / 舊儀 · Relation: author
Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0004
Kind: commentary · Role: author · Statement: Yan means to verify / 谳，质也 · Quoted: true
Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0286
Kind: explanation · Role: speaker · Topic: Chu southern cap and faguan / 南冠
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0067, houhanshu:131:s0068
Kind: explanation · Role: speaker · Topic: origin of gaoshanguan / 高山冠
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0057, houhanshu:131:s0058
Kind: explanation · Role: speaker · Topic: Zhao Huiwen cap from King Wuling / 趙惠文冠
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0071, houhanshu:131:s0072

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: authoritative commentator on cap origins · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0057, houhanshu:131:s0067, houhanshu:131:s0071