[1] According to the New Book of Tang, Huangfu was able to compose literature by the age of ten, impressing Zhang Jiuling, who was the chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong at the time.
[b][non-primary source needed] He was the older brother of Huangfu Zeng [zh].
[1][2] He left government after attaining the post of Zuo Bujue (左補闕).
[1] In literary history, Huangfu is generally considered a poet of the so-called mid-Tang period, which spanned the late-eighth to early-ninth century.
[1] There is an anthology of his poetry, called Tang Huangfu Ran Shiji (唐皇甫冉詩集).