Huo Guang
霍光;
Courtesy name: Zimeng (子孟)
Source:
wikipedia.com
- Died
- 21 April 68 BC
- Book mentions
- 6
Roles:
politician
regent
Factions:
Shang dynasty
(primary)
Links:
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Wikipedia entry Bio
Appears in 3 chapters:
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Chapter 3
— In Wenming Garden, Dong Zhuo Denounces Ding Yuan; With Red Hare, Li Su Bribes Lu Bu.
Huo Guang; Western Han regent cited as the other historical precedent Dong Zhuo invokes.
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Chapter 109
— A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded; Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.
Alluded to as the second precedent for deposing an emperor: 'following the precedents of Yi Yin and Huo Guang, I have decided to put him aside and to set up another' - the Han chancellor who removed the Prince of Changyi from the throne after twenty-seven days.
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Chapter 113
— Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen; Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.
Named in the same quatrain, paired with Yi Yin: 'And Huo Guang's faithful services are made / A cloak to cover vilest treachery.' Two regents who set kings aside for the state's good, invoked here by a man doing the opposite.