Lu Ceng (盧曾) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Ceng was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xiaobo	孝伯	Xiaobo

Life and dates

Death

At Huainan 淮南 · Killed after imprisonment · Authority Wang Shifan (王師範)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 57

Attested activity

AD 903 to AD 907 pre-Liang to Wang Shifan revolt
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 48, 55

Family

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 60

Career and standing

Xuanyi staff 宣義幕職
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 49
staff to Zhu Qiong 從事
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 48
Dismissed
Dismissal
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 54

Places and affiliations

At Fanyang 范陽 · Relation Ancestral
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 46
At villa in Qi 齊之別墅 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 54

Events and relationships

Helped plan surrender
Political · Conspirator · With Zhu Qiong (朱瓊)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 48
Sent to persuade Qingzhou
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Wang Shifan (王師範)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 55-56
Relation Rival of · Person Liu Han (劉捍)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 51, 54

Assessments and attributes

loyal, blunt, given to straight talk
Character
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 50

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 9 passages

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盧曾，字孝伯，其先范陽人也。 Lu Ceng, styled Xiaobo, was of Fanyang descent.

曾性忠狷，好貢直，又不能取容於眾，每勳府宴語稍洽，曾率然糾正，輒又忤旨。 Ceng was loyal and blunt, given to straight talk, and ill at ease in company; whenever princes of merit were at ease in banquet talk, he would suddenly correct them and give offense again.

左長直軍使劉捍委任方重，曾亦不能平。 Left long-direct army commissioner Liu Kan was then in full favor; Ceng could not abide him either.

冀王友謙初定陝府，命曾往議事，有使院小將從行，嗜酒，荒逸過度。 When Prince of Ji Youqian first secured Shanzhou he sent Ceng to negotiate; a minor officer of the envoy bureau went with him, a drunkard and utterly dissolute.

曾復命，欲發其罪，致疏於袖中，累日未果言。 On his return Ceng meant to report the man's misconduct and kept a memorial in his sleeve, but for days could not bring himself to speak.

小將恐事泄，先誣告曾使酒，幾敗軍事，劉捍因證之，由是罷職，歸於齊之別墅。 The officer, fearing exposure, accused Ceng first of drunkenness on duty and nearly wrecked the mission; Liu Kan backed the charge; Ceng was dismissed and retired to a villa in Qi.

俄而王師範起兵叛，太祖促召曾，謂之曰：「子能緩頰說青州使無背盟，吾不負子矣。」 Soon Wang Shifan rebelled; the Founder urgently summoned Ceng and said, "If you can persuade Qingzhou not to break faith, I will not fail you."

曾持檄以往。 Ceng took the edict and set out.

因召曾二子，皆授以官。 He then summoned Ceng's two sons and gave them both posts.