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Huo Qubing was an illegitimate son from the love affair between Wei Shaoer (衛少兒), the daughter of a lowly maid from the household of Princess Pingyang (Emperor Wu's older sister), and Huo Zhongru (霍仲孺), a low-ranking civil servant employed there at the time. [3]
The battle was swift and decisive, as the Worthy Prince's forces were no match for Huo's elite cavalry. The Huo's army quickly encircled and overran their enemy, killing 70,443 men and capturing three Xiongnu lords and 83 nobles. Huo Qubing's forces suffered a 20% casualty rate but were quickly resupplied locally from their capture.
The tomb of Huo Zaiwei, buried on the east side of the Maoling Mausoleum, is the tomb of Huo Qubing, the Champion Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, who was a general of the Western Han's Grand Secretary Hussar. The Maoling Mausoleum was an important monument in ancient China, but the original magnificent and luxurious ground architecture has ...
Xiutu' kingdom, west of Wuwei, was attacked by Huo Qubing in 121 BCE.. Xiutu (Chinese: 休屠王; pinyin: Xiūtú Wáng, also rendered as Hsiu-tu, lit."The king who puts an end to massacres") was a king in the Hexi Corridor of the Gansu region, west of Wuwei, during the 2nd century BCE.
The horse statue at Huo Qubing's Mausoleum. Terracotta (baked clay) statuettes were known for a long time in China, but there are no known examples of monumental stone statuary before the stone sculptures at the Mausoleum of Huo Qubing, a general of Emperor Han Wudi who went to the western regions to fight the Xiongnu. [8]
Huo Qubing crosses the eastern Gobi, defeats and executes Bijuqi, defeats the Tuqi (Worthy Prince) of the Left (East), and captures three kings. He reaches as far as Lake Baikal. Failing to reconnoiter with Wei Qing's army, general Li Guang commits suicide after learning that Wei has prepared charges against him.
English: Tomb of Huo Qubing in 1914, Shaanxi, China, by Victor Segalen (1878–1919) Date: 1 January 1914: Source: Author: Victor Segalen (1878–1919), photographed ...
English: Tomb of Jin Midi, viewed from top of the Tomb of Han General Huo Qubing Maoling: Tomb of Emperor Han Wudi, 141-87 BC, Shaanxi Province. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.