19 Facts About Huangfu Song

Huangfu Song, courtesy name Yizhen, was a military general who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China.

Huangfu Song is best known for helping to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province rebellion.

Huangfu Song was known to be a modest and generous person.

Huangfu Song, who took over command of the imperial troops from Lu Zhi, continued to use Lu as a strategist and reported his contributions to the imperial court.

Huangfu Song was a nephew of Huangfu Gui, a military general, and Lady Huangfu.

Huangfu Song was eventually nominated as a xiaolian and maocai.

When Huangfu Song reported this to the imperial court, Zhao's residence was confiscated.

Huangfu Song recommended that one year's worth of taxes from Ji province be used as assistance for refugees who had been displaced by the rebellion; Emperor Ling agreed.

However, Huangfu Song achieved no immediate success, and was dismissed in the seventh lunar month of 185 after a four-month tenure after being slandered by the eunuchs in the imperial court.

In 188, Huangfu Song was sent to lift the siege of Chencang, together with Dong Zhuo; Chencang had been besieged by Wang Guo.

In 189, Dong Zhuo was made Governor of Bing Province, and was asked to hand troops under his command to Huangfu Song; Dong refused to comply.

Huangfu Song is harbouring wickedness by delaying his advance and claiming that there is chaos in the capital.

In 190, Dong Zhuo, now in control of the imperial court, intended to kill Huangfu Song, using the pretext of giving him a new appointment to summon him to Luoyang.

Huangfu Song has pillaged the capital, and deposed and crowned emperors at will.

Huangfu Song was delighted with her beauty and intelligence for working at Han court, so he forced her to marry him.

Lady Huangfu Song refused and confronted him, then Dong Zhuo had her executed.

Huangfu Song passed away due to illness as Li Jue and Guo Si began their civil war.

Huangfu Song was recorded to have at least 2 sons: Huangfu Jianshou and Huangfu Shuxian.

Huangfu Song had a daughter who later became She Yuan's wife.