Huo Qubing (140 BC – c.October 117 BC,[1] formerly Ho Ch'ii-ping) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Western Han dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. He was a nephew of the general Wei Qing and Empress Wei Zifu (Emperor Wu's wife), and a half-brother of the statesman Huo Guang.[2] Along with Wei Qing, he led a campaign into the Gobi Desert of what is now Mongolia to defeat the Xiongnu nomadic confederation, winning decisive victories such as the Battle of Mobei in 119 BC.
Huo Qubing was one of the most legendary commanders in Chinese history, and still lives on in Chinese culture today.
^9th month of the 6th year of the Yuan'shou era, per Emperor Wu's biography in Book of Han. The month corresponds to 10 Oct to 8 Nov 117 BCE in the proleptic Julian calendar.
^B.C., Sima, Qian, approximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 (1993). Records of the grand historian. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08164-2. OCLC 904733341.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
HuoQubing (140 BC – c.October 117 BC, formerly Ho Ch'ii-ping) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Western Han dynasty during the reign...
brother Shuchu (叔處) in "Huo" (modern Huozhou, Shanxi), and Shuchu's descendants adopted "Huo" as their family name. HuoQubing (霍去病; 140–117 BC), Western...
the Han government until his death. Huo Guang was born to Huo Zhongru and he had a half-brother named HuoQubing, a renowned general. His step-aunt was...
campaign was a success for the Han, whose forces led by Wei Qing and HuoQubing reached as far north as Lake Baikal. Military tension had for a long time...
the 17-year-old Liu Bingyi was selected by Huo Guang (the half-brother of Liu Bingyi's great-cousin HuoQubing) for the throne, inheriting the crown that...
first film, Sky on Fire. In 2017, he was cast in the titular role of HuoQubing in historical drama, The Fated General. The same year, Zhang starred in...
half-sister of the famed general Wei Qing, a younger aunt of HuoQubing, and a step-aunt of Han statesman Huo Guang. Wei Zifu was born of humble means to a serf...
Shihuang. The most famous of HuoQubing's statues is that of a horse trampling a Xiongnu warrior. The Mausoleum of HuoQubing (located in Maoling, the Mausoleum...
emperor and then proving their worth at their positions (e.g. Wei Qing and HuoQubing), many turned out to be corrupt and incompetent (e.g. Yang Guozhong)....
older sister Eldest Princess Yangxin. He was also the maternal uncle of HuoQubing, another decorated Han general who participated in the war against the...
Wu of Han because he worshipped the golden statue of the Xiongnu which HuoQubing has captured in his military campaigns. Jin Midi was born in 134 BC to...
Shihuang. The most famous of HuoQubing's statues is that of a horse trampling a Xiongnu warrior. The Mausoleum of HuoQubing (located in Maoling, the Mausoleum...
Wei as Guo Mama Song Daguang as Wei Qing Ma Jie as Tingwei Xu Liang as HuoQubing Sun Jiaolong as Dou Wei Xu Lin as Empress Wang Zhi Jin Tian as Princess...
names sometimes had apotropaic meanings, such as in the case of HuoQubing (霍 去病, "Qubing" meaning "away with illness"), or Xin Qiji (辛 棄疾, "Qiji" meaning...
fighting. HuoQubing then attacks and defeats the Hunye, capturing the son of the Hunye king and his ministers and chief commandants. Summer - HuoQubing again...
BC, a Xiongnu force of 10,000 raided Shanggu. In the spring of 121 BC, HuoQubing led a force of 10,000 cavalry and killed 8,960 Xiongnu west of the Yanzhi...
into Xiongnu territory. The exploits of famed Han generals Wei Qing and HuoQubing were of particular note, with both recording multiple successful expeditions...
the rank of Grand Marshal and gives it to both Wei Qing and HuoQubing, thereby making Huo's rank and salary equal to that of Wei. Emperor Wu suspends further...
BC, a Xiongnu force of 10,000 raided Shanggu. In the spring of 121 BC, HuoQubing led a force of 10,000 cavalry and killed 8,960 Xiongnu west of the Yanzhi...
on Mt Falernus between Latium and Campania. Spring - The Han general HuoQubing attacks the Supu, vassals of the Xiongnu, and kills their king. He then...
spring(s)" — derives from a legendary story of the young Han general HuoQubing, who was said to have poured a vat of precious wine into a local creek...
assault culminated in 119 BC at the Battle of Mobei, when Han commanders HuoQubing (d. 117 BC) and Wei Qing (d. 106 BC) forced the Xiongnu court to flee...
performed the ceremony at times without imperial permission. The general HuoQubing did it alone. It is considered a prerequisite that the empire is in a...
(the half-brother of Emperor Wu's favourite concubine) and Wei's nephew, HuoQubing between 127 and 119 BC, the Xiongnu were expelled from the Ordos Desert...
Chinese forces under the General-in-Chief Wei Qing and the cavalry general HuoQubing invade the Xiongnu Empire. Battle of Mobei: Wei Qing crosses the Gobi...
Lüliang, Shanxi). In 119 BCE, Emperor Wu of Han dispatched Lu along with HuoQubing on an expedition north to attack the Xiongnu. After a successful campaign...
March, HuoQubing commanded 10,000 cavalry to counterattack and achieved success. In 119 BC, Wei Qing and HuoQubing each commanded 50,000 cavalry. Huo Qubing...
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