Sui and Tang · Statesman and Official

Huangfu Bo 皇甫鎛

Attested AD 818 - AD 820

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huangfu Bo was a statesman and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 820 及居喪
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 203-204
AD 818 to AD 820 憲宗季年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 197, 200-201

Career and standing

Chief Minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 201
demoted and punished 貶責
AD 820 及居喪 · Demotion · Received · Authority Emperor Muzong (穆宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 203-204

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 201

Events and relationships

Demoted after the elixir affair
Political · Punished
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 203-204
Presented Liu Bi to the throne
Political · Patron · With Liu Bi (柳泌)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 201
Relation Presenter of · Person Liu Bi (柳泌)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 201

Assessments and attributes

flattering to secure favor 諛媚固寵
Assessment curried favor through flattery · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 201

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 2 passages

宰相皇甫鎛方諛媚固寵，道古言柳泌有道術，鎛得進之，待詔翰林。 Chief Minister Huangfu Bo was then currying favor through flattery. Daogu claimed that Liu Bi possessed Daoist arts. Bo presented him to the throne, and Liu was retained at the Hanlin Academy.

鎛既貶責，授道古循州司馬，終以服丹藥，歐血而卒。 After Bo was demoted and punished, Daogu was appointed acting chief secretary of Xun Prefecture. He ultimately died vomiting blood from the elixirs he had taken.