Lu Jiong (魯炅) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Jiong was an official and General.

Life and dates

Death

AD 759 五日
Suicide by poison · At Xinzheng 新鄭縣 · Cause Fear and despair after the defeat
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 50

Attested activity

AD 758 乾元元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 44
AD 759 二年六月六日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 48
AD 759 五日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 50
AD 757 十二月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 39-40
AD 756 十五載
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 278
AD 756 十五載正月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8

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AD 758 十月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 46
AD 747 天寶六年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
AD 755 to AD 757 安祿山反期間
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 13
AD 757 收復兩京
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 100
AD 756 to AD 757 炅在圍中一年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 32
AD 756 to AD 759 炅收滍水敗眾
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 206
AD 757 略定諸州
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 42
AD 756 至五月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 10
AD 757 至德二年五月十五日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
AD 756 魯炅敗於葉縣
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 94

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed concurrent · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed concurrent · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
Governor of Zhengzhou 鄭州刺史
Appointed concurrent · From Source Date: Text: 乾元元年 · Western Year: AD 758
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 44
special memorialist 別奏
Appointed · Appointing Person Id Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰) · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
defense commissioner 防禦使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8

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Governor of Dengzhou 鄧州刺史
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 上元二年 · Western Year: AD 761
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 45
Governor of Jingzhao 京兆尹
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
Governor of Shangluo 上洛太守
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
Grand General with chief-minister insignia 開府儀同三司
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
local defense commander of his own prefecture 本郡守捉
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
military governor of Huai-Xi and Xiangyang 淮西襄陽節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 上元二年 · Western Year: AD 761
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 45
military governor of Zheng, Chen, Ying, Bo and other prefectures 鄭、陳、潁、亳等州節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 乾元元年 · Western Year: AD 758
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 44
Nanyang military governor 南陽節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
Xiangyang military governor 襄陽節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
AD 757 十二月 · Held concurrent
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
acting Xiangyang military governor 權知襄陽節度事
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Governor of Nanyang 南陽郡守
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Minister of the Imperial Stud 太僕卿
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Special Grand Master of the Palace 特進
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Military Governor of Shannan East 山南東道節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 13
Right Army General-in-Chief with full concurrent rank 右領軍大將軍同正員
Promoted · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
restored to Nanyang command 守南陽
Restored · From Source Date: Text: 魯炅敗於葉縣 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 95
Governor of Nanyang 南陽太守
Transferred · before departing for Shangluo · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
estate of two hundred households 食實封二百戶
Count 200 · Granted · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
lands granted 分以土田
AD 757 十二月 · Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 41
purple-gold fish tally 紫金魚袋
Bestowed · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
Supreme Pillar of State 上柱國
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Duke of Qi 岐國公
Enfeoffed · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
Duke of Jinxiang 金鄉縣公
AD 757 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 278; New Book of Tang 144, passage 13
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 3, 8, 35, 40, 44, 94, 206; New Book of Tang 138, passage 42
At Fanyang 范陽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 1
AD 759 五日
At Xinzheng 新鄭縣 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 50
AD 756 十五載
At Nanyang 南陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 278
AD 756 魯炅敗於葉縣
At Nanyang 南陽 · Relation Withdrew to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 94

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At Dengzhou 鄧州 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 上元二年 · Western Year: AD 761
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 45
At Fanyang 范陽 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 1
At Jingzhao 京兆 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 42
At Nanyang 南陽 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
At Xiangyang 襄陽 · Relation Fled to · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
At Xiangyang 襄陽 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
At Zhengzhou 鄭州 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 乾元元年 · Western Year: AD 758
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 44

Learning and skills

Subjects history and the classics 書史 · Level widely read
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2
Skill historical and classical learning 書史 · Level widely read
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2

Works and attributed material

Edict · Subject · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 40-42

Events and relationships

Besieged
Military · Commander · With An Qingxu (安慶緒) · At Xiangzhou 相州 · From Source Date: Text: 十月 · Western Year: AD 758 · Until Source Date: Text: 二年六月六日 · Western Year: AD 759
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 46
Besieged
Military · Defender · With Tian Chengsi (田承嗣) · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 17, 32
Besieged
Military · Defender · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 14, 32
Broke out
AD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Commander · At Nanyang 南陽 · Destination Xiangyang 襄陽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
Commanded field army
Military · Commander · Force 10,000 infantry and 300 cavalry 步卒萬人、馬軍三百 · With Li Baoyu (李抱玉) · From Source Date: Text: 十月 · Western Year: AD 758
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 47
Defeated
Military · Officer · Counterpart Tibetan raiders 吐蕃 · At Longyou 隴右 · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6

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Defeated
AD 756 魯炅敗於葉縣 · Military · Commander · At Ye County 葉縣
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 94
Encamped
Military · Commander · At north of Ye County, south of the Zhi River 葉縣北，滍水之南 · Force fifty thousand troops from Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Shannan East 嶺南、黔中、山南東道子弟五萬人 · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
Endured famine
Disaster · Besieged commander · At Nanyang 南陽 · ox hide boiled for food; rice 40-50 thousand cash per dou; rats 400 cash; cannibalism · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 20, 32
Fled
AD 756 至五月 · Military · Commander · With Xue Dao (薛道) · Outcome Army destroyed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 11
Fought
AD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Commander · With Tian Chengsi (田承嗣) · Duration two days · Outcome Killed many rebels
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 34
Held choke point
AD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Defender · At Yangzi and Han valleys 江、漢 · Outcome South China preserved
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 36
Held Nanyang
AD 756 十五載 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 278
Holding fast
Military · Defender · Outcome Still holding; Zhen transfer reversed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 13
Pacified prefectures
Military · Commander · With Li Siye (李嗣業)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 42
Promoted by same edict
AD 757 收復兩京 · Honor · Fellow honoree · With Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 100
Rallied survivors
AD 756 至五月 · Military · Commander · At Nanyang 南陽郡
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 14
Recruited
Appointment · Appointee · With Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰) · At Longyou 隴右 · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
Refused battle
AD 756 至五月 · Military · Commander · With Wu Lingxun (武令珣) · At Ye County / Zhi River camp 葉縣
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 10
Refused summons
AD 756 至五月 · Political · Holdout · With Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 15
Stood below steps
AD 747 天寶六年 · Social · Attendee · With Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰) · At Longyou 隴右
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 5
Took poison
AD 759 五日 · Personal · Subject · At Xinzheng 新鄭
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 50
Troops plundered
AD 759 二年六月六日 · Military · Commander · his soldiers looted worst of all
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 49
Withstood siege
Military · Defender · With Wu Lingxun (武令珣) · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 16
Wounded and withdrew
AD 759 二年六月六日 · Military · Commander · With Shi Siming (史思明) · At north of the Anyang River 安陽河北
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 48
Relation Subordinate of · Person Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 3, 5
Relation Fellow commander of · Person Li Guangbi (李光弼)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 46
Relation Predecessor of · Person Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 13
Relation Superior of · Person Li Baoyu (李抱玉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 47
Relation Fellow commander of · Person Guo Ziyi (郭子儀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 46

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exhausted his integrity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 214
Assessment his desperate defense of the strategic pass preserved the south · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 36
Assessment his soldiers pillaged worst of all and popular resentment flared · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 49
Assessment no master of strategy but a loyal minister who died faithful at Nanyang · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 206
Assessment versed in strategy, faithful in command, exhausted himself to defend the state · Mode quotation Source Work imperial edict
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 40
Assessment will one day be a military governor · Mode quotation Speaker Ge Shuhan (哥舒翰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 5

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over seven chi tall 身長七尺餘
Physical description · Statement over seven chi tall
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2
Item purple-gold fish tally 紫金魚袋 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6

Source notes

s0045 dates a Shangyuan 2 (AD 761) appointment, but s0048-s0050 place his wounding and suicide in Qianyuan 2 (AD 759) during the An Qingxu siege
Field appointment-vs-death
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 45, 48, 50
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 278

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 138Volume 138 Biographies 63: · 1 passage

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乃與張鎬、魯炅、來瑱、嗣吳王祗、李奐略定諸州。 He then joined Zhang Hao, Lu Jiong, Lai Tian, Prince Zhi of Wu, and Li Huan in bringing the surrounding prefectures under control.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 69: Lai, Tian, Hou, Cui, Yan · 1 passage

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徙山南東道節度使代魯炅，會嗣虢王巨表炅方固守，乃還瑱故官。 He was shifted to military governor of Shannan East to replace Lu Jiong, but when Li Ju, the heir Prince of Guo, reported that Jiong was still holding his ground, he was returned to his former command.