Lu Bian 盧辯

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Lu Jingyu (盧景裕)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 6
• Child of Lu Jing (盧靖)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 3
• Parent of Lu Shen (盧慎)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 27

Career and standing

• Right Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書右僕射
  Appointed after repeated promotions
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 22
• Overseer of Composition 著作
  Appointed concurrent
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 24, passage 10
• Academician of the Imperial University 太學博士
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 4
• Gentleman Attendant at the Yellow Gate 給事黃門侍郎
  Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 24, passage 10
• Governor of Yizhou 宜州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 25
• Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince 太子少傅
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 15

Places and affiliations

• At Zhuo in Fanyang commandery 范陽涿
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 1
• At Yizhou 宜州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 25

Learning and skills

• Nominated
  Credential xiucai 秀才
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 4
• Skill classical learning 經籍 · Level broad mastery
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 4

Works and attributed material

• Record of Rites of the Elder Dai 大戴禮
  Relation Commentator
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 5
• six-ministry system after the Offices of Zhou 周官六官
  Relation Compiler
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passages 28-30, 32
• In public affairs beyond the household, righteousness cuts through private ties—what farewell could there be?
  Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 9

Events and relationships

• Accompanied the Wei crown prince north of the Wei River during Zhao Qingque's rebellion
  Political · Attendant · With Wei Crown Prince (魏太子)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 24, passages 12-13
• Adapted court statutes and ritual after Emperor Xiaowu's westward move
  Institutional · Reformer
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 24, passages 18-19
• Completed Su Chuo's Offices of Zhou project and established the six ministries
  Institutional · Completer · With Su Chuo (蘇綽)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passages 29-31
• Followed the emperor into the Pass alone without returning home
  Political · Follower
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 24, passages 7, 10
• Received dried meat discipleship gifts and taught the Wei crown prince and the princes
  Ritual · Teacher
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 16
• Relation Advisor to · Person Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 11

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment an honor few scholars ever received · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 24
• Assessment steadfast resolve and decisive action · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 14
• exceptionally retentive memory and intuitive grasp; decided great affairs without hesitation
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passages 20-21

Source notes

• His family had produced Confucian scholars for generations
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 24, passage 2