caption father death_date successor succession birth_place title image article_title name reign
portrait of huo guang in '' sancai tuhui '' huo zhongyu 霍仲孺 68 bc huo yu 霍禹 marquess of bolu hedong , pingyang county , han marquess of bolu 博陸侯 huo guang.jpg huo guang
 huo guang 87 -- 68 bc
huo guang

huo guang -lrb- ; died 68 bc -rrb- , courtesy name zimeng -lrb- 子孟 -rrb- , was a western han politician who was a rare example in chinese history of a powerful official who deposed an emperor for the good of the state rather than to usurp the throne .
he was the half-brother of renowned han general huo qubing .
