霍去病 / Huo Qubing

Overview

霍去病 / Huo Qubing enters the wiki through Hanji 402-2 as the Western Han general whose attack on Xiongnu’s left territory creates the background for Han’s later Wuhuan relocation and protector-office arrangement.

Current Profile

The current page is intentionally narrow. Hanji 402-2 does not reconstruct Huo Qubing’s career, but it uses his campaign as the hinge between Han Wudi-era anti-匈奴 warfare and northeastern frontier administration: after Xiongnu’s left territory is broken, Wuhuan groups are moved near five commanderies and tasked with watching Xiongnu under Han supervision.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han general associated here with a successful campaign against Xiongnu’s left territory.
• Upstream actor in the Wuhuan relocation and protector-office origin story.
• Source-scoped figure whose wider military biography remains to be built from later or earlier notes.

Evidence

Campaign context:

• Hanji 402-2 says Han Wudi relocates Wuhuan near frontier commanderies after Huo Qubing breaks Xiongnu’s left territory.

Frontier consequence:

• Hanji 402-2 uses that campaign result to explain why Han can ask Wuhuan to monitor Xiongnu while placing them under a protector command.

Qualifications

This page is not a full biography. It preserves only the role Hanji 402-2 gives Huo Qubing in the Wuhuan relocation and Xiongnu-frontier background.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 402-2 to avoid leaving Huo Qubing as an ungrounded frontier-campaign reference.

Relationships

• 汉武帝 - ruler under whom the source places the anti-Xiongnu campaign context.
• 匈奴 - frontier power whose left territory Huo Qubing breaks in the source account.
• 乌桓 - group whose later relocation is explained as following Huo Qubing’s campaign.
• 护乌桓校尉制度化 - institutional consequence of the frontier settlement described in Hanji 402-2.