Hu Guang (胡廣) | 24 Histories

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Hu Guang was a Commentator and Official.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 140 to AD 172 其後廣果歷九卿三公之位
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 118
AD 120 to AD 172 太傅胡廣說曰
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 131, passages 57, 67, 71
AD 146 太尉胡廣封安樂乡侯
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189
AD 91 to AD 172 東漢舊儀作者
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 4
AD 167 永康元年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 244
AD 25 to AD 220 漢
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 49

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AD 126 to AD 172 漢之胡廣
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 50
AD 110 to AD 119 真年未弱冠
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passages 114, 117, 120
AD 91 to AD 172 胡广曰
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 126, passage 286
AD 91 to AD 172 胡廣
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 13
AD 145 論功時
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 88

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Career and standing

commentator 注释家
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 126, passage 286
Assistant Clerk 曹掾
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 117
Grand Commandant recording Secretariat affairs 太尉錄尚書事
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 88
Grand Commandant 太尉
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189
Grand Tutor 太傅
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 131, passage 57
Nine Ministers 九卿
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 118

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Three Excellencies 三公
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 118
Vice Director 僕射
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 244
Marquis of Anle township 安樂乡侯
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han 东汉 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 126, passage 286
Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 13
Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 244
Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 50
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189

Works and attributed material

Old Protocols 舊儀
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 4
Yan means to verify 谳，质也
Commentary · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 126, passage 286
Explanation · Speaker · Topic Chu southern cap and faguan 南冠
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 131, passages 67-68
Explanation · Speaker · Topic origin of gaoshanguan 高山冠
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 131, passages 57-58
Explanation · Speaker · Topic Zhao Huiwen cap from King Wuling 趙惠文冠
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 131, passages 71-72

Events and relationships

Dismissed recognition
Political · Memorialist · With Teng Fu (滕撫)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 88
Relation Subordinate to · Person Liang Ji (梁冀)
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189

Assessments and attributes

Assessment authoritative commentator on cap origins · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 131, passages 57, 67, 71
Assessment bent to Liang Ji and was rewarded with a marquisate · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189
Assessment has the makings of a high minister · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Fa Zhen (法真)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 117
Assessment invoked as benchmark of encyclopedic learning · Mode named-source-report Speaker Shen Yue (沈約)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 13

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 189; Book of Later Han 126, passage 286; Old Book of Tang 117, passage 50; Book of Liang 26, passage 13; Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 4

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History

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 1 passage

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及論功當封，太尉胡廣時錄尚書事，承旨奏黜撫，天下怨之。 When honors were due for his victories, Grand Commandant Hu Guang—then directing the Secretariat—carried out an order to strip Teng Fu of recognition, and public opinion turned bitterly against the court.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 76Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He · 1 passage

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今臺閣近臣，尚書令陳蕃，僕射胡廣，尚書朱宇、荀緄、劉祐、魏朗、劉矩、尹勳等，皆國之貞士，朝之良佐。 Among the ministers at court today—Director Chen Fan, Vice Director Hu Guang, and the secretaries Zhu Yu, Xun Gun, Liu You, Wei Lang, Liu Ju, and Yin Xun—are upright servants of the state and able aides of the court.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 114Volume 103: Five Elements Part One · 1 passage

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固是日幽毙於獄，暴尸道路，而太尉胡廣封安樂乡侯、司徒趙戒厨亭侯、司空袁湯安國亭侯云。 Li Gu died the same day in a dungeon, his body flung in the street, while Hu Guang, Zhao Jie, and Yuan Tang—the ministers who bent to Liang Ji—each walked away with a new noble title.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 126Volume 115: Officials Part Two · 1 passage

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胡广曰：「谳，质也。」 Hu Guang glossed yan as "to verify."

Book of Later Han, Chapter 131Volume 120: Treatise on Carriages and Dress, Part Two · 3 passages

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太傅胡廣說曰：「高山冠，蓋齊王冠也。 Grand Tutor Hu Guang explained: “The gaoshanguan was probably the cap of the king of Qi.

胡廣說曰：「《春秋左氏傳》有南冠而縶者，則楚冠也。 Hu Guang cited the Zuo tradition: “a prisoner in a ‘southern cap’ meant the distinctive Chu court crown.

胡廣說曰：「趙武靈王效胡服，以金璫飾首，前插貂尾，爲貴職。 Hu Guang explained: “King Wuling of Zhao copied Hu dress, using a gold knob to ornament the head, sable tails inserted in front, for exalted offices.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 1 passage

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性聰敏，達練事體，百司文簿，經目必曉，而修身守位，以智自全，議者比漢之胡廣。 He was quick-witted and thoroughly understood how government worked; a glance at any document from any ministry was enough for him to grasp it. Yet he cultivated himself and kept his post by prudence, preserving himself through tact—critics compared him to Hu Guang of the Han.

Book of Liang, Chapter 26Volume 26: Fan Xiu; Fu Zhao; Fu Ying; Xiao Chen; Lu Gao · 1 passage

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約常稱曰：「范公好事該博，胡廣無以加。」 Yue would often remark, “Master Fan delights in inquiry and knows everything—Hu Guang himself could add nothing.”

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage

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若夫胡廣舊儀，事惟簡撮，應劭官典，殆無遺恨。 Hu Guang's Old Protocols compress the record to essentials; Ying Shao's Official Canon leaves little wanting.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 1 passage

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是張禹、胡廣、趙戒之類也，甚矣其恥也！」 They are men of the sort of Zhang Yu, Hu Guang, and Zhao Jie—how shameful!"

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 37Volume 37: Book of Shu 7: Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng · 2 passages

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真曰：「曹掾胡廣有公卿之量。」 Zhen replied: “Hu Guang of the clerks has the makings of a high minister.”

其後廣果歷九卿三公之位，世以服真之知人。 Hu Guang later climbed through the Nine Ministers to the Three Excellencies, and contemporaries marveled at Zhen’s eye for talent.