Overview
Huo Guang was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Death
- BC 68 終沒之後Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Attested activity
- BC 87 to BC 68 霍光秉政，輔翼少主Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Family
- Kinship Role clan line · Quantity whole gate/lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Career and standing
- holder of government 秉政BC 87 to BC 68 霍光秉政，輔翼少主 · HeldDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Events and relationships
- Governed for a boy emperor; his gate was later exterminatedBC 87 to BC 68 霍光秉政，輔翼少主 · Political · RegentDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment passed for loyal and upright yet exalted his own clan and crushed outer kin · Mode quotation Speaker Shentu Gang (申屠剛)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 12
References in the histories
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