Qin and Han · Statesman

Huo Guang 霍光

Huò Guāng

Attested BC 87 - BC 68

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huo Guang was a statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Xuancheng	宣成

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 87 to BC 68 霍光
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 212

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 212

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 1 passage

漢興，蕭何、張良、霍去病、霍光以文武大略，佐漢致太平，一名不盡其善，乃有文終、文成、景桓、宣成之謚。 When Han rose, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Huo Qubing, and Huo Guang—with grand civil and military strategies—helped Han to peace; one character could not exhaust their excellence, hence the posthumous titles Wenzong, Wencheng, Jinghuan, and Xuancheng.