Overview
The translated histories identify Huo Guang as a general and statesman. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Huo Guang | 霍光 | Huo Guang |
| Surname | Huo | 霍 | Huo |
| Courtesy | Zimeng | 子孟 | Zimeng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s0079
Roles
- General
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 漢大將軍霍光 · Western Interval: Start: BC 87 · End: BC 68Explicit · shiji:013:s0079
Origins and identity
- Descent: descendant of the Yellow Emperor / 黃帝後世 · Ancestor Person Id: Yellow Emperor (黃帝)Explicit · shiji:013:s0079
- Descent: later descendant of the Huo ducal house / 霍公後世 · Ancestor Person Id: Duke Huo (霍公)Strongly inferred · shiji:013:s0084, shiji:013:s0079
Career and standing
- Label: General-in-Chief / 大將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:013:s0079
Places and affiliations
- Place: Pingyang in Baiyan / 平陽白燕Explicit · shiji:013:s0091
- Place: Pingyang / 平陽 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · shiji:013:s0084, shiji:013:s0091
Source notes
- Statement: Neither short nor tall; held government under an infant ruler / 不短不長…持天下之政，時有嬰兒主 · Provenance: Mode: prophecy · Source Work: Yellow Emperor's Chronicles of Beginning and End / 黃帝終始傳Explicit · shiji:013:s0090, shiji:013:s0091
References in the histories
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