Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Statesman

Lu Luyuan 盧魯元

First attested AD 409; died AD 442

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Luyuan was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Xiao

Life and dates

Death

AD 442 真君三年冬
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passages 177, 179

Attested activity

AD 409 to AD 423 太宗時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 39, passage 60
AD 442 真君三年冬
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 177

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Grandfather of Lu Luyuan
grandfather 祖父 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 58
Descendant of Lu Fuqiu (盧副鳩)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · 3 generations
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 57
Child of Father of Lu Luyuan
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 66
Parent of Lu Tong (盧統)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 187
Parent of Lu Nei (盧內)
younger son 少子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 77

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified number · Nei's brothers spared and favored
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 80

Career and standing

Director of the Secretariat 中書監
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 64
Grand Guardian 太保
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 71
Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 62
Filial 孝
Posthumous name
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 184
Duke of Xiangcheng 襄城公
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 65
Prince of Xiangcheng 襄城王
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 184

Places and affiliations

Northern Wei 魏
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 60
At Tuhe in Changli 昌黎徒河
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 56
At Guo Mountain 崞山 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 185
At south of the palace gate 宮門南 · Relation Granted residence
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 75

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 64

Events and relationships

Accompanied pursuit
Military · Attendant · With Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (太武帝) · Counterpart Helian Chang (赫連昌)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passages 67-69
Campaign
Military · Officer · At Pingliang 平涼
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 70

Assessments and attributes

Assessment sincere loyalty in peril · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passages 162-163
Item stele and gate towers 碑闕 · Relation Erected for
Directly stated · Book of Wei 39, passage 185

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 39Volume 34: Wang Luo Er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Wan Anguo · 14 passages

王洛兒車路頭盧魯元陳建萬安國 Wang Luoer, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, and Wan Anguo

盧魯元，昌黎徒河人也。 Lu Luyuan came from Tuhe in Changli commandery.

魯元敏而好學，寬和有雅度。 Luyuan was quick-witted and fond of study, magnanimous and possessed of cultivated bearing.

及即位，以為中書侍郎，拾遺左右，寵待彌深，而魯元益加謹肅，世祖逾親信之，內外大臣莫不敬憚焉。 When Shizu took the throne, Luyuan was made Vice Director of the Secretariat with the duty of remonstrance at the emperor's side; his favor deepened, yet Luyuan grew only more grave and careful, and the emperor trusted him all the more, so that ministers within and without the court all regarded him with respect and awe.

魯元以工書，有文才，累遷中書監，領祕書事。 For his skill in calligraphy and literary talent Luyuan was repeatedly promoted, eventually becoming Director of the Secretariat and overseer of the imperial library.

賜爵襄城公，加散騎常侍、右將軍。 He was enfeoffed as Duke of Xiangcheng and appointed Regular Attendant and General of the Right.

世祖親追擊之，入其城門，魯元隨世祖出入。 Emperor Shizu personally pursued the enemy and entered their city gate, with Luyuan attending him in and out.

是日，微魯元，幾至危殆。 That day, but for Luyuan, the emperor would have come to grievous harm.

每有平殄，輒以功賞賜僮隸，前後數百人，布帛以萬計。 Whenever a campaign ended in victory he would reward Luyuan with household retainers for his service—several hundred in all over the years—and silk cloth by the tens of thousands.

真君三年冬，車駕幸陰山，魯元以疾不從。 In winter of the third year of Zhenjun, the emperor visited Yinshan, but Luyuan stayed behind because he was ill.

及薨，世祖甚悼惜之。 When Luyuan died, Emperor Shizu mourned him deeply.

贈襄城王，諡曰孝。 He was posthumously made Prince of Xiangcheng, with the posthumous name Xiao.

正平初，宮臣伏誅，世祖以魯元故，唯殺內而厚撫其兄弟。 Early in the Zhengping era, when palace officials were put to death, Emperor Shizu, for Luyuan's sake, executed only Nei and treated his brothers with generous favor.

史臣曰：王洛兒、車路頭、盧魯元、陳建，咸以誠至發衷，竭節危難，苟非志烈過人，亦何能以若此！ The historian writes: Wang Luoer, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, and Chen Jian all acted from sincere devotion of heart and gave their utmost loyalty in times of peril; had they not possessed resolution surpassing ordinary men, how could they have done as they did!