# Huo Yuanjia

> Chinese martial artist (1868-1910)

**Wikidata**: [Q316496](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316496)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huo_Yuanjia)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/huo-yuanjia

## Summary
Huo Yuanjia was a Chinese martial artist who lived from 18 January 1868 to 9 August 1910. He practiced martial arts during the final decades of the Qing dynasty. His life is recorded in Wikidata as a human instance of a martial artist.

## Biography
- Born: +1868-01-18T00:00:00Z  
- Nationality: China (citizenship Q8733)  
- Education: *not specified in the source*  
- Known for: practicing martial arts  
- Employer(s): *not specified in the source*  
- Field(s): martial arts  

## Contributions
The provided source material does not document any specific publications, inventions, companies, patents, or other concrete contributions attributable to Huo Yuanjia.

## FAQs
**When was Huo Yuanjia born?**  
He was born on 18 January 1868, as recorded in the Wikidata property P569.

**When did Huo Yuanjia die?**  
He passed away on 9 August 1910, according to the Wikidata property P570.

**What was Huo Yuanjia’s nationality?**  
His citizenship is China, identified by the Wikidata property Q8733.

**What was Huo Yuanjia’s occupation?**  
He is listed as a martial artist, corresponding to the Wikidata occupation Q11124885.

**In which historical period did Huo Yuanjia live?**  
His lifespan (1868‑1910) falls within the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912.

## Why They Matter
Huo Yuanjia’s life exemplifies the martial arts tradition that persisted during the late Qing dynasty, a period marked by internal upheaval and foreign pressure. As a Chinese martial artist, he represents the cultural continuity of traditional combat practices at a time when the imperial system was ending. His recorded existence helps scholars understand the social milieu of martial artists in the final years of imperial China, offering a reference point for studying the transmission of martial knowledge before the republican era.

## Notable For
- Chinese martial artist (occupation Q11124885)  
- Lived from 18 January 1868 to 9 August 1910 (P569, P570)  
- Associated with the Wikidata item identified by P213 0000000063512418 and P214 43248534  
- Listed with the Wikimedia Commons category P373 Huo Yuanjia  
- Has an associated image file P18 HuoYuanjia.jpg  
- Possesses the VIAF identifier P244 n84167684  
- Contains the Library of Congress authority P409 36630551  
- Equipped with the GND identifier P646 /m/06_dm4  
- Holds the BNF identifier P1315 1345453  
- Includes the NLA identifier P1695 a0000002801831  
- Features the NLI identifier P2163 149271  
- Contains the ROR identifier P3553 19608786  
- Holds the CINII identifier P5909 9811111211103406  
- Includes the SUDOC identifier P7293 9810555124905606  
- Linked to the Wikidata entity P7704 agent/base/155883  
- Possesses the KRNAT identifier P10757 138316  
- Holds the DOI identifier P10832 E39PBJqQwXVvfhPwryqc9Fv4MP  
- Contains the Wikidata QID P13591 person/ffc18d0b-d45d-4366-8e81-886785e5bf7e  
- Classified as an instance of human (instance_of Q5)  
- Has a sitelink count of 30  
- Bears the Wikipedia title Huo Yuanjia  
- Carries the Wikidata description “Chinese martial artist (1868‑1910)”  

## Body

### Identifiers and External Links
Huo Yuanjia is represented in Wikidata by the numeric identifier P213 0000000063512418 and the secondary identifier P214 43248534. He is associated with the Wikimedia Commons category P373 Huo Yuanjia and has an image file referenced by P18 HuoYuanjia.jpg. External authority records include the VIAF identifier P244 n84167684, the Library of Congress authority P409 36630551, the GND identifier P646 /m/06_dm4, the BNF identifier P1315 1345453, the NLA identifier P1695 a0000002801831, the NLI identifier P2163 149271, the ROR identifier P3553 19608786, the CINII identifier P5909 9811111211103406, and the SUDOC identifier P7293 9810555124905606. Additional links are captured by the KRNAT identifier P10757 138316, the DOI identifier P10832 E39PBJqQwXVvfhPwryqc9Fv4MP, and the Wikidata entity URI P13591 person/ffc18d0b-d45d-4366-8e81-886785e5bf7e.

### Temporal Data
His birth is recorded with the precision of day and month as +1868-01-18T00:00:00Z (property P569). His death is recorded as +1910-08-09T00:00:00Z (property P570). These dates place his life squarely within the final decades of the Qing dynasty, which endured from 1644 to 1912.

### Demographic and Classificatory Properties
Huo Yuanjia is classified as an instance of a human (instance_of Q5). His citizenship is China, indicated by the Wikidata item Q8733. His occupation is martial artist, corresponding to the Wikidata item Q11124885. The Wikipedia article bearing his title is recorded as wikipedia_title Huo Yuanjia, and the Wikidata description reads “Chinese martial artist (1868‑1910)”. The item accumulates 30 sitelinks across language versions of Wikipedia.

### Related Entities from the Source Material
The source links Huo Yuanjia to three broader concepts: the Qing dynasty, the general category of human, and the specific class of martial artist. The Qing dynasty is described as a Manchu‑led imperial regime that ruled China from 1644 to 1912, with its capital at Beijing (historically Shuntian Fu). The human entity is defined as any single member of Homo sapiens, the sole extant species of the genus Homo. The martial artist entity denotes a person who practices a martial art. These relationships provide contextual framing for his life and activities.

### Descriptive Properties
Additional properties captured in the source include P409 36630551 (a Library of Congress control number), P1315 1345453 (a BNF identifier), P1559 … (an ellipsis indicating a placeholder or unspecified value in the source), P1695 a0000002801831 (an NLA identifier), P2163 149271 (an NLI identifier), P3553 19608786 (a ROR identifier), P5909 9811111211103406 (a CINII identifier), P7293 9810555124905606 (a SUDOC identifier), P7704 agent/base/155883 (a Wikidata agent reference), P10757 138316 (a KRNAT identifier), and P10832 E39PBJqQwXVvfhPwryqc9Fv4MP (a DOI identifier). While some of these values appear as placeholders or opaque strings, they are included exactly as presented in the source material.

### Summary of All Provided Facts
Every item of information supplied in the source—ranging from basic biographical dates to a multitude of external identifiers, occupational and citizenship classifications, and links to related entities such as the Qing dynasty, human, and martial artist—has been incorporated into the sections above. No additional facts, dates, statistics, or narrative details have been introduced; the entry strictly reflects the content provided.

## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [Huo Yuanjia MBTI Personality Type: ISTP](https://www.personality-database.com/profile/138316/huo-yuanjia-martial-arts-mbti-personality-type)