Qin and Han · General

Huo Qubing 霍去病

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages
22
Chapters
14
Histories
7

Overview

The translated histories identify Huo Qubing as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 14 chapters across 7 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Huo Qubing 霍去病 Huo Qubing
Title Flying General 票騎
Title General of Agile Cavalry 票騎 Piàoqí Jiāngjūn
Title General of the Swift Cavalry 驃騎將軍
Surname Huo 霍 Huo
Personal Huo Qubing 霍去病 Huò Qùbìng
Personal name Huo Qubing 霍去病 Huo Qubing
Personal name Huo Qubing 霍去病
Personal Huo Qubing Huo Qubing
Personal Huo Qubing 霍 Huo
Personal Huo Qubing 霍去病
Personal Huo Qubing 去病 Qubing
Personal Huo Qubing
Personal name Huo Qubing 去病
Title Swift Cavalry General 票骑
Given 去病 Qubing
Title 票
Surname 霍 Huo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: BC 140-117 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 117
    Uncertain · nanqishu:048:s0152
  • Source Date: Text: 乃命票、衛 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0024
  • Source Date: Text: 元狩四年 · Western Year: BC 119
    Explicit · shiji:109:s0116, shiji:109:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 去病辭家 · Western Interval: Start: BC 123 · End: BC 117
    Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0197
  • Source Date: Text: 史臣追論（無紀年） · Western Interval: Start: BC 123 · End: BC 117
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0173
  • Source Date: Text: 居歲餘 · Western Year: BC 118
    Explicit · shiji:109:s0156
  • Source Date: Text: 昔霍去病 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 117
    Explicit · weishu:030:s0083
  • Source Date: Text: 漢武帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0258
  • Source Date: Text: 票骑 · Western Interval: Start: BC 123 · End: BC 117
    Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 自是之后 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit · shiji:125:s0067, shiji:125:s0066
  • Source Date: Text: 霍去病冠軍之義 · Western Interval: Start: AD 123 · End: AD 117
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0055

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

  • Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0258
  • Organization: imperial consort families / 外戚之家 · Relation: member-of
    Explicit · shiji:125:s0067

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
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漢之得人，於茲為盛，儒雅則公孫弘、董仲舒、兒寬，篤行則石建、石慶，質直則汲黯、卜式，推賢則韓安國、鄭當時，定令則趙禹、張湯，文章則司馬遷、相如，滑稽則東方朔、枚皋，應對則嚴助、硃買臣，歷數則唐都、洛下閎，協律則李延年，運籌則桑弘羊，奉使則張騫、蘇武，將率則衛青、霍去病，受遺則霍光、金日磾，其餘不可勝紀。 Never did the dynasty gather talent so thickly: Hong, Dong, and Kuan for classical breadth; the Shi brothers for steadfast service; Ji An and Bu Shi for blunt loyalty; Han Anguo and Zheng Dangshi for lifting others; Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang for codifying law; Sima Qian and Xiangru for voice; jesters Dongfang Shuo and Mei Gao; debaters Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen; calendar-makers Tang Du and Luoxia Hong; the harmonist Li Yan'nian; the reckoner Sang Hongyang; envoys Zhang Qian and Su Wu; blades Wei Qing and Huo Qubing; regents Huo Guang and Jin Midi—and a cloud of names besides.
Book of Han, Chapter 99Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 · 2 passages
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於是聖武勃怒，□整其旅，乃命票、衛，汾□沸渭，雲合電發，飆騰波流，機駭蜂軼，疾如奔星，擊如震霆，砰轒□，破穹廬，腦沙幕，髓余吾。 Then Emperor Wu’s wrath flared: he dressed the ranks, sent Huo Qubing and Wei Qing ahead, and the Fen and Wei valleys seethed like a cauldron. The army massed like storm clouds, struck like lightning, surged like wind on water, swifter than meteors, louder than thunder—wagons rolled, yurts shattered, the desert ran with blood down to the Yuyu River.
Book of Han, Chapter 104Volume 92: Youxias · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage
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Book of Liang, Chapter 32Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin · 1 passage
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 6 passages
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李敢以校尉從驃騎將軍擊胡左賢王，力戰，奪左賢王鼓旗，斬首多，賜爵關內侯，食邑二百戶，代廣為郎中令。 Li Gan, serving as a colonel under the General of the Swift Cavalry, had fought valiantly against the Left Worthy King of the Xiongnu, seizing the enemy's war drums and battle standards and taking many heads. He was granted the title of Marquis Within the Passes with a fief of two hundred households, and succeeded his father as Superintendent of the Imperial Household.
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 125Biographies of Flatterers · 1 passage
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Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 1 passage
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 18Volume 18 Biographies 10: Wang Pi; Wang Sizheng · 1 passage
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan · 1 passage
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