Qin and Han · General of the Right

Huo Yu 霍禹

Attested BC 74 - BC 49

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Huo Yu as an aristocrat, family member, general, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Huo Yu	霍禹	Huo Yu
Title	General of the Right	右將軍
Personal name	Huo Yu	禹	Yǔ
Personal	Huo Yu	霍禹	Huò Yǔ
Given	Yu	禹	Yu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:085:s0228
Value: male
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0128

Roles

Aristocrat
Family Member
General
Official
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Event: executed and destroyed
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0187
Manner: executed with his clan after plotting rebellion
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0122

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 宣帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:093:s0128
Source Date: Text: 霍光薨後 · Western Year: BC 68
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0228
Source Date: Text: 霍禹 · Western Year: BC 66
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0121

Family

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Child of Huo Guang (霍光)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: General of the Right / 右將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · hanshu:085:s0228
Label: Grand Marshal / 大司馬 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0128
Office: General of the Right / 右將軍
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0121
Office: Grand Marshal / 大司馬
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0121
Title: general of the household gentlemen
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0183
Action: exposed-as-rebel · Other Person Id: Shi Gao (史高)
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0128
Status: execution · Action: suffered
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0241

Places and affiliations

Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:085:s0228
Polity: Han / 漢
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0121

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled-and-clan-exterminated
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0122

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 6 passages

時，霍光子禹為右將軍，上亦以禹為大司馬，罷其右將軍屯兵，以虛尊加之，而實奪其眾。 At that time Huo Guang's son Huo Yu held the post of general of the right while also bearing the title of grand marshal. The emperor stripped him of his field command, leaving the grand marshal's title a hollow honor while removing his real military following.

後歲餘，禹謀反，夷宗族，安世素小心畏忌，已內憂矣。 A little over a year later Huo Yu rose in rebellion and his entire clan was wiped out. Anshi, who had always been cautious and easily alarmed, was already anxious at heart.

初，安世長子千秋與霍光子禹俱為中郎將，將兵隨度遼將軍范明友擊烏桓。 Long before, Anshi's eldest son Zhang Qianqiu and Huo Guang's son Huo Yu had both been generals of the household gentlemen when they campaigned under the Trans-Liao general Fan Mingyou against the Wuhuan.

光復問禹，禹不能記，曰：「皆有文書。」 When he put the same questions to Huo Yu, Yu could not recall a thing and said, "It is all on file somewhere."

光由是賢千秋，以禹為不材，歎曰：「霍氏世衰，張氏興矣！」 From that day Huo Guang respected Qianqiu and wrote Yu off as worthless, sighing, "The house of Huo is fading; the house of Zhang is on the rise!"

及禹誅滅，而安世子孫相繼，自宣、元以來為侍中、中常侍、諸曹散騎、列校尉者凡十餘人。 After the Huo clan was extirpated, Zhang Anshi's descendants held one high post after another. From the reigns of Xuandi and Yuandi onward, more than ten of them served as palace attendants, regular attendants, mounted escorts in the various bureaus, or colonels of the guard.

Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 1 passage

四歲，大將軍霍光薨，上思其功德，以其子禹為右將軍，兄子樂平侯山復領尚書事。 Four years later Grand General Huo Guang died. The emperor recalled his service, made his son Huo Yu general of the right, and had his nephew Huo Shan, Marquis of Leping, again direct the Masters of Writing.

Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 1 passage

高侍中，貴幸，以發舉反者大司馬霍禹功封樂陵侯。 Shi Gao served as palace attendant and enjoyed high favor; for exposing the rebel Grand Marshal Huo Yu he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Yueling.