Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Chancellor

Hulü Guang 斛律光

Húlǜ Guāng

Attested AD 570 - AD 571

Passages: 19
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hulü Guang was a general and Chancellor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 570 context
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 120
AD 571 武平二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 131
AD 570 武平元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 120

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Concubine-born daughter of Hulü Guang (斛律光庶女)
concubine-born daughter 庶女
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 149

Career and standing

Left Chancellor 左丞相
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 142
Right Chancellor 右丞相
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 127
Duke of Changle 長樂郡公
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 135
Duke of Qinghe 清河郡公
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 142
Duke of Zhongshan 中山郡公
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 133

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passages 145, 150

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Commander · With Yuwen Xian (宇文憲)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 124
Killed
Military · Commander · With Liang Jingxing (梁景興)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 126

References in the histories

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History

19 passages

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Hulü Jin; Hulü Guang; Hulü Xian · 19 passages

武平元年正月，詔光率步騎三萬討之。 In the first month of the first year of Wuping an edict ordered Guang to lead thirty thousand infantry and cavalry against them.

軍次定隴，周將張掖公宇文桀、中州刺史梁士彥、開府司水大夫梁景興等又屯鹿盧交道，光擐甲執銳，身先士卒，鋒刃才交，桀衆大潰，斬首二千餘級。 The army halted at Dinglong. Zhou generals Zhangye Duke Yuwen Jie, Zhong Province governor Liang Shiyan, and Kaifu director of water affairs Liang Jingxing and others had again encamped at the Lulu crossroads. Guang donned armor, seized a sharp blade, and led from the front; blades had barely crossed when Jie's men broke completely — more than two thousand heads were taken.

光置築統關、豐化二城，以通宜陽之路。 Guang built and garrisoned the fortresses Tongguan and Fenghua to keep the road to Yiyang open.

軍還，行次安鄴，憲等衆號五萬，仍躡軍後，光縱騎擊之，憲衆大潰，虜其開府宇文英、都督越勤世良、韓延等，又斬首三百餘級。 On the return march, when the army reached Anye, Xian's force — fifty thousand strong — still trailed behind. Guang unleashed cavalry and Xian's men broke completely. He captured their Kaifu Yuwen Ying, supervisor Yueqin Shiliang, Han Yan, and others, and took more than three hundred heads besides.

光與韓貴孫、呼延族、王顯等合擊，大破之，斬景興，獲馬千匹。 Guang joined Han Guisun, Huyan Zu, Wang Xian, and others in a combined attack and routed them completely, beheading Jingxing and taking a thousand horses.

其冬，光又率步騎五萬於玉壁築華谷、龍門二城，與憲、顯敬等相持，憲等不敢動。 That winter Guang again led fifty thousand infantry and cavalry to build the fortresses Huagu and Longmen at Yubi and faced Xian, Xianjing, and the others in stalemate; Xian's men did not dare move.

光乃進圍定陽，仍築南汾城。 Guang then pressed on to besiege Dingyang and also built the fortress Nanchen.

周柱國枹罕公普屯威、柱國韋孝寬等步騎萬餘，來逼平隴，與光戰於汾水之北，光大破之，俘斬千計。 Zhou pillar lords Duke of Baohan Putun Wei and Wei Xiaokuan and others, with more than ten thousand infantry and cavalry, came to press Pinglong. They fought Guang north of the Fen River; Guang routed them completely, capturing and slaying more than a thousand.

光率步騎五萬赴之，大戰於城下，乃取周建安等四戍，捕虜千餘人而還。 Guang led fifty thousand infantry and cavalry to the relief. A great battle was fought below the walls; he then took four Zhou garrisons including Jian'an and captured more than a thousand prisoners before returning.

光以為軍人多有勳功，未得慰勞，若即便散，恩澤不施，乃密通表請使宣旨，軍仍且進。 Guang thought many soldiers had earned merit without yet receiving reward or comfort; if they were dismissed immediately, imperial favor would never reach them. He secretly sent a memorial asking that an envoy proclaim the edict while the army continued to advance.

朝廷發使遲留，軍還，將至紫陌，光仍駐營待使。 The court's envoy was slow in coming. When the army returned and was nearing Zimo, Guang still encamped and waited for the envoy.

帝聞光軍營已逼，心甚惡之，急令舍人追光入見，然後宣勞散兵。 When the emperor heard that Guang's army camp was already pressing close, he was deeply displeased and urgently ordered a palace attendant to summon Guang for an audience; only then were the troops rewarded and dismissed.

拜光左丞相，又別封清河郡公。 Guang was made left chancellor and separately enfeoffed duke of Qinghe Commandery.

光入，常在朝堂垂簾而坐。 When Guang entered court he would often sit behind the hanging curtain in the hall of audience.

光怒，謂人曰：「此人乃敢爾！」 Guang was furious and said to others, "This man dares behave so!"

後珽在內省，言聲高慢，光適過，聞之，又怒。 Later Ting was in the inner secretariat speaking in a loud, insolent voice. Guang happened to pass by, heard it, and grew angry again.

珽知光忿，而賂光從奴而問之曰：「相王瞋孝徵耶？」 Ting knew Guang's wrath and bribed one of Guang's attendants to ask, "Is the Prince angry with Xiaozheng?"

穆提婆求娶光庶女，不許。 Mu Tipo asked to marry Guang's concubine-born daughter; permission was refused.

帝賜提婆晉陽之田，光言於朝曰：「此田神武帝以來常種禾，飼馬數千匹，以擬寇難，今賜提婆，無乃闕軍務也？」 The emperor bestowed on Tipo fields at Jinyang. Guang said at court, "These fields since the Shenwu Emperor have always been sown with grain to feed several thousand horses against enemy raids. To give them to Tipo now — will this not cripple military affairs?"