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 "excerpt": "Huo Jun (霍峻), courtesy name Zhongmiao, was a late Han military commander who served Liu Bei and defended Jiameng for about a year against over 10,000 besiegers.",
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 "markdown": "# Huo Jun\n\n**Huo Jun** (霍峻, courtesy name Zhongmiao 仲邈) was a military commander of the late [Han dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/han-dynasty) who served [Liu Bei](https://www.edgepedia.org/liu-bei) (劉備) and became Grand Administrator of Zitong commandery under the state that later became [Shu Han](https://www.edgepedia.org/shu-han). His biography is the opening entry of 《三國志》卷四十一, the chapter of the *Records of the Three States* pairing him with Wang Lian (王連), Xiang Lang (向朗), Zhang Yi (張裔), Yang Hong (楊洪), and Fei Shi (費詩).<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup>\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Name | Huo Jun 霍峻, courtesy name Zhongmiao 仲邈<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> |\n| Origin | Nanjun (南郡) Zhijiang (枝江) man<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> |\n| Service | Under the Governor of Jingzhou Liu Biao (劉表), then under Liu Bei as zhonglangjiang (中郎將)<sup>[2](https://threestatesrecords.com/2016/09/23/41-1-huo-jun/)</sup> |\n| Principal act | Defense of Jiameng city, about a year, against an army of over 10,000 with only several hundred men; beheaded the enemy general Xiang Cun (向存)<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> |\n| Offices | zhonglangjiang; then Grand Administrator of Zitong (梓潼太守) and pijiangjun (裨將軍)<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> |\n| Death | Died in office after three years, aged forty; buried at Chengdu (成都)<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> |\n\n## Origins and family\n\nThe history states that Huo Jun was a man of Zhijiang in Nanjun. His elder brother Huo Du (霍篤) gathered a personal following (部曲) of several hundred men in their home district; when Huo Du died, [Liu Biao](https://www.edgepedia.org/liu-biao) ordered Huo Jun to take command of the force.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> This inherited body of retainers was the troops Huo Jun later brought to Liu Bei.<sup>[2](https://threestatesrecords.com/2016/09/23/41-1-huo-jun/)</sup>\n\n## Career\n\nAfter Liu Biao died, Huo Jun led his men over to Liu Bei, who appointed him zhonglangjiang (中郎將).<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://threestatesrecords.com/2016/09/23/41-1-huo-jun/)</sup>\n\nWhen Liu Bei marched south from Jiameng to attack [Liu Zhang](https://www.edgepedia.org/liu-zhang), he left Huo Jun to hold Jiameng city in his rear.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://threestatesrecords.com/2016/09/23/41-1-huo-jun/)</sup> Two episodes of that defense are recorded. First, [Zhang Lu](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhang-lu) (張魯) sent the general Yang Bo (楊帛) to lure Huo Jun, asking to defend the city jointly; Huo Jun replied, in the history's words, \"A petty man's head may be taken, but the city cannot be,\" and Yang Bo withdrew.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> Second, Liu Zhang's generals Fu Jin (扶禁) and Xiang Cun led more than 10,000 men up the Langshui (閬水) river and besieged Jiameng for about a year without taking it. Huo Jun had only several hundred soldiers in the city; watching for a slack moment in the siege, he picked his best troops and sallied out, routed the besiegers, and beheaded Xiang Cun.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup>\n\nAfter Liu Bei had settled Shu, he rewarded Huo Jun's merit by splitting Zitong commandery off from Guanghan (廣漢) and appointing him Grand Administrator of Zitong and pijiangjun (裨將軍).<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup>\n\n## Political influence\n\nHuo Jun's influence on Liu Bei's state ran through the positions he held rather than through court policy. Holding Jiameng for about a year against a force of over 10,000 kept Liu Zhang's forces from Liu Bei's rear while the main campaign against Liu Zhang was under way.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> As Grand Administrator of Zitong, a commandery described by modern writers as the northern gateway of Yi province, he held a post whose trustworthiness mattered to the new regime; the same account reads the appointment as a mark of Liu Bei's confidence.<sup>[4](https://www.wz132.com/p/san-guo-huo-jun.html)</sup>\n\n## Death, titles, and heirs\n\nHuo Jun died in office after three years as Zitong Grand Administrator, aged forty, and was brought back for burial at Chengdu.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> Liu Bei was deeply grieved and issued a directive to [Zhuge Liang](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhuge-liang) (諸葛亮) saying that Huo Jun was both a fine gentleman and a man with merit to the state. He then personally led the assembled officials in mourning and sacrifice and stayed overnight at the tomb, conduct that contemporaries counted an honor.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> One edition of the directive reads 欲行爵, another 欲行酹 (to pour a libation); the transmitted text varies on this phrase.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](http://www.guoxue123.com/shibu/0101/00sgzf/040.htm)</sup>\n\n## Assessment\n\n[Chen Shou](https://www.edgepedia.org/chen-shou)'s account of Huo Jun is short and built around the Jiameng defense; it records no writings or civil acts, and the mourning episode is the longest passage devoted to his standing with Liu Bei.<sup>[1](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41)</sup> Modern reference works rank the siege among the notable defenses of the period, fought with several hundred men against more than 10,000 for close to a year.<sup>[4](https://www.wz132.com/p/san-guo-huo-jun.html)</sup> Databases reconstruct his dates as 177 to 217.<sup>[5](https://www.cne3online.com/biography/view/%E9%9C%8D%E5%B3%BB.shtml)</sup>\n\n## Legacy\n\nIn the *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* novel, apart from the single point that Huo Jun defended Jiameng, the episodes of that defense are fiction.<sup>[6](https://sangokushi.jp/characters/%E9%9C%8D%E5%B3%BB)</sup> According to the *Sanguozhi*, the site of Jiameng is identified with Zhaohuagucheng (昭化古城) in Guangyuan; the city was renamed Hanshou (漢寿) under Shu and Jinshou (晋寿) under Jin.<sup>[7](http://home.t02.itscom.net/izn/ea/kd3/41.html)</sup> \n\n## References\n\n1. 《三國志》卷四十一 蜀書十一 霍王向張楊費傳第十一, Wikisource transcription. https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/三國志/卷41\n2. (41.1) Huò Jùn 霍峻 [Zhòngmiǎo 仲邈], Three States Records (English translation project). https://threestatesrecords.com/2016/09/23/41-1-huo-jun/\n3. 三國志卷四十一 蜀書十一 霍王向張楊費傳第十一（含裴松之注）, 國學導航. http://www.guoxue123.com/shibu/0101/00sgzf/040.htm\n4. 霍峻：蜀中栋梁，葭萌忠魂. https://www.wz132.com/p/san-guo-huo-jun.html\n5. 霍峻, 三國演義電子辭典. https://www.cne3online.com/biography/view/%E9%9C%8D%E5%B3%BB.shtml\n6. 霍峻（仲邈）｜蜀の人物・生涯と能力, 三國志.JP. https://sangokushi.jp/characters/%E9%9C%8D%E5%B3%BB\n7. 三國志：卷四十一 蜀書霍峻王連向朗張裔楊洪費詩伝（日文训读注本）. http://home.t02.itscom.net/izn/ea/kd3/41.html\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › History and archaeology › Asian history › China › Late Han and the Three Kingdoms (184 to 280) › Shu Han*\n\n*Initially written Sep 23, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 30, 2026 · Edited: Sep 30, 2026 · Last review: Sep 30, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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