General of the Guard

…Therefore, once a general was on the battlefield, he was allowed to disobey even the king's orders. In the Han dynasty, the pretense was that such a position with authority was not a permanent one, and it was appointed as needed. In addition to the front, rear, left, and right generals, there were also the highest-ranking generals, the general of the chariots and cavalry, and the general of the guards who protected the emperor. In Emperor Wu's war against the Xiongnu, Huo Qubing (Huo Qubing) was as distinguished as the general of the cavalry as the general of the cavalry, Wei Qing, so the general of the cavalry became a general with the same rank as the general of the grand general, and came to command the generals of the line who were given various honorific titles. The example of Huo Guang assisting Emperor Zhao as the grand general later paved the way for the head of the in-laws to also be involved in the affairs of the Secretariat as a general, and became the basis of the power structure of the in-laws. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Shogun Wei" are listed below.

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…そのため将軍は一度軍陣に臨めば王命すら聞かないことを認められた。漢代ではこのような権限を持つ官職は常置の官ではないとの建前をとり，必要に応じて任命し，前･後･左･右将軍のほか最上級の大将軍，車騎将軍，皇帝をまもる衛将軍などがあったが，武帝の対匈奴戦で霍去病（かくきよへい）が驃騎将軍として大将軍衛青とその功が並んだため驃騎将軍は大将軍と格を同じくする将軍号となり，さまざまな美称をつけた列将軍を指揮するようになった。霍光が大将軍として昭帝を補佐した例が，その後外戚の長が将軍として尚書のことにもあずかる風を開き，外戚の権力構造の基本となった。…

※「衛将軍」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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