Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Palace Attendant

Lu Shan 陸繕

c. AD 518 - AD 580

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Shan was an official and Palace Attendant.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shiru	士繻	Shiru
Posthumous name	Anzi	安子	Anzi

Life and dates

Death

AD 580 太建十二年
Age Value: 63 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 114

Attested activity

AD 580 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 23, passages 109, 114
AD 569 to AD 570 太建初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 109
AD 552 to AD 555 承聖中
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 97
AD 557 永定元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 101
AD 555 紹泰元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 99

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Lu Huixiao (惠曉)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 93
Kin of Lu Jianxian (見賢)
elder brother's son / nephew 兄子 · Through Elder brother of Lu Shan (陸繕兄)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 118
Sibling of Elder brother of Lu Shan (陸繕兄)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 118
Child of Lu Ren (任)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 94
Parent of Lu Bianhui (辯惠)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 117

Career and standing

Administrator of Xin'an 新安太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 102
Left Vice Director 左僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 111
Legal Affairs Aide to Prince Xuanhui of Wuling 宣惠武陵王法曹參軍
Began career
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 96
Anzi 安子
Posthumous title
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 115

Places and affiliations

Polity Name Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 101
At Wu in Wu commandery 吳郡吳
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 92
At Xin'an 新安 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 102

Events and relationships

Deliberated state affairs
Administrative · Colleague · With Xu Ling (徐陵)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 113
Fled Jiangling in plain clothes
Escape · Subject · At Jiangling 江陵
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 98
Sent against Xin an rebels
Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 102

Assessments and attributes

Assessment model of bearing for heir and princes · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 104

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 14 passages

沈君理王瑒陸繕 Shen Junli, Wang Yang, and Lu Shan

陸繕字士繻，吳郡吳人也。 Lu Shan, whose style name was Shiru, came from Wu in Wu commandery.

繕幼有志尚，以雅正知名。 From youth Shan had high aims and was known for elegance and integrity.

江陵陷，繕微服遁還京師。 When Jiangling fell, Shan slipped away in plain clothes and returned to the capital.

高祖引繕為司徒司馬，遷給事黃門侍郎、領步兵校尉、通直散騎常侍，兼侍中。 Gaozu brought Shan in as marshal to the minister of education, then transferred him to gentleman attendant at the yellow gate, concurrently commandant of infantry, attendant-in-ordinary of regular attendance of the scattered cavalry, and acting palace attendant.

時留異擁割東陽，新安人向文政與異連結，因據本郡，朝廷以繕為貞威將軍、新安太守。 At the time Liu Yi controlled Dongyang as a separatist, and Xiang Wenzheng of Xin'an joined him and occupied his home commandery. The court made Shan general of steadfast prestige and administrator of Xin'an.

世祖嗣位，徵為太子中庶子，領步兵校尉，掌東宮管記。 When Emperor Wen succeeded to the throne, Shan was summoned as junior tutor to the heir apparent, concurrently commandant of footsoldiers, with charge of the eastern palace records.

繕儀表端麗，進退閑雅，世祖使太子諸王咸取則焉。 Shan had a handsome, dignified bearing and moved with graceful ease. Emperor Wen had the heir apparent and all the princes take him as their model.

其趨步躡履，皆令習繕規矩。 Even their gait and the way they set down their feet were made to follow Shan's standards.

及太子親蒞庶政，解行事，加散騎常侍，改加侍中。 When the heir apparent personally took up ordinary administration, Shan was relieved of his acting duties; he was additionally granted attendant-in-ordinary of the scattered cavalry and then promoted to additional palace attendant.

贈侍中、特進、金紫光祿大夫，諡曰安子。 He was posthumously honored as palace attendant, special advance, and grand master of splendid happiness with golden seal and purple ribbon; his posthumous title was Anzi.

太子以繕東宮舊臣，特賜祖奠。 Because Shan had long served the eastern palace, the heir apparent specially granted the ancestral offering at his funeral.

繕子辯惠，年數歲，詔引入殿內，辯惠應對進止有父風，高宗因賜名辯惠，字敬仁云。 Shan's son Bianhui was only a few years old when an edict summoned him into the palace. In his replies and bearing he showed his father's manner, and Emperor Xuan therefore bestowed the name Bianhui, with the style Jingren.

繕兄子見賢，亦方雅，高宗為揚州牧，乃以為治中從事史，深被知遇。 Shan's nephew Jianxian was likewise upright and refined. When Emperor Xuan was governor of Yangzhou, he appointed him clerk for administration, and Jianxian enjoyed his deep favor.