Ancient China · Named Individual

Wuhuo 烏獲

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

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Wuhuo was a Named Individual.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 67, passage 92

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 2 passages

臣聞物有同類而殊能者，故力稱烏獲，捷言慶忌，勇其賁、育。 Your servant has heard that creatures of one kind may differ in gifts: hence men praise Wuhuo for strength, Qingji for speed, Ben and Yu for valor.

今陛下好陵阻險，射猛獸，卒然遇逸材之獸，駭不存之地，犯屬車之清塵，輿不及還轅，人不暇施巧，雖有烏獲、逢蒙之技不能用，枯木朽株盡為難矣。 Yet Your Majesty loves to climb dangerous ground and shoot savage game. Should some powerful beast bolt from cover in a spot where the chariot cannot save you, the dust of your escort would be thrown into peril: the carriage could not wheel about in time, guards could not react in time—even Wuhuo's strength or Peng Meng's archery would be useless, and every dead trunk becomes a weapon against you.