Qin and Han · General

Huo Qubing 霍去病

Huò Qùbìng

Attested BC 123 - BC 117

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huo Qubing was a general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Jinghuan	景桓

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 123 to BC 117 霍去病
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.