Ming · Mongol Leader

Huoluochi 火落赤

Attested AD 1590

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huoluochi was a Mongol Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1590 Activity described in s0025
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 219, passage 25

Events and relationships

Invaded Lintao and Gongchang in 1590.
Biographical event · Participant
Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 25

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 1 passage

明年秋，火落赤犯臨洮、鞏昌，西陲震動，帝召對輔臣暖閣．時行言款貢足恃，國謂渝盟犯順，桀驁已極，宜一大創之，不可復羈縻．帝心然國言，而時行為政不能奪．無何，給事中任讓論國庸鄙．國疏辨，帝奪讓俸．國、時行初無嫌．而時行適為國門生萬國欽所論，讓則時行門生也，故為其師報復云．福建守臣報日本結琉球入寇，國因言：「今四裔交犯，而中外小臣爭務攻擊，致大臣紛紛求去，誰復為國家任事者？ The next autumn Huoluochi invaded Lintao and Gongchang; the western frontier shook, and the emperor summoned the assisting ministers to the warm pavilion. Shixing said tribute and peace could be relied on; Guo argued they had broken the alliance and rebelled, were utterly arrogant, and ought to be struck hard—not indulged again. The emperor inwardly agreed with Guo, but Shixing held power and could not be overborne. Before long Supervising Secretary Ren Rang called Guo shallow and base; Guo defended himself, and the emperor stripped Rang of salary. At first Guo and Shixing had no quarrel, but Shixing had just been attacked by Guo's disciple Wan Guoqin, and Rang was Shixing's disciple—so it was said he avenged his teacher. A Fujian official reported that Japan had joined Ryukyu in raiding; Guo said: 'Now the four quarters are all in violation, yet petty officials inside and outside the court compete in attack and denunciation, driving grand ministers to resign one after another—who will still serve the state?