Huangfu Song

Huangfu Song
Traditional Chinese	皇甫嵩
Simplified Chinese	皇甫嵩
Transcriptions

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huangfu.

Huangfu Song (died 195), courtesy name Yizhen (義真), was a military general of the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He is best known for helping to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion. He was one of three imperial commanders when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, along with Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi. He was known to be a modest and generous person, he gave most of his credit in suppressing the rebellion to Zhu Jun and pleaded for Lu Zhi to be pardoned when the latter is wrongly accused for a crime he did not commit. Huangfu retired after the rebellion ended; however after the death of Dong Zhuo, he was called back to the court and appointed Grand Commandant—a post he assumed until his death.

Appointments and titles held

• Administrator of Beidi (北地太守)
• General of the Household of the Left (左中郎將)
• General on the Left (左將軍)
• Colonel of the City Gates (城門校尉)
• Grand Commandant (太尉)

In fiction

In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huangfu was involved in Wang Yun's plot in getting rid of Dong Zhuo, and led the imperial forces to capture Dong's family members and remnants in the capital.

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms