Lu Sigong (路嗣恭) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Sigong was an official and Military Commissioner.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yifan	懿範	Yìfàn
Alternate name	Jianke	劍客	Jiànkè

Life and dates

Death

Age Value: 71 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 219

Age

71
Reckoning Sui · At death
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 219

Attested activity

AD 773 大曆八年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passages 210-211
AD 766 to AD 777 大歷中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
AD 771 大歷六年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 90-91
AD 780 德宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 217
AD 767 永泰三年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 206
AD 712 to AD 756 玄宗朝
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passages 200, 202

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AD 755 to AD 763 關畿用兵時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 204

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Lu Ying (路應)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 220-221
Parent of Lu Shu (路恕)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 220, 234

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 220

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Career and standing

county and district clerk 州縣吏
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 216
Military Commissioner of the Three Cities of Huai, Zheng, Ru, Shan, and Heyang 懷鄭汝陝河陽三城節度
Appointed additional
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 218
Observation Commissioner of the Eastern Capital Metropolitan Circuit 東都畿觀察使
Appointed additional
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 218
Military Commissioner of Lingnan 嶺南節度使
AD 773 大曆八年 · Appointed concurrent
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 211
Minister of War 兵部尚書
AD 780 德宗立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 217
Resident of the Eastern Capital 東都留守
AD 780 德宗立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 217

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Acting Minister of Justice 檢校刑部尚書
AD 767 永泰三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 206
Acting Military Commissioner of Shuofang under Guo Ziyi 郭子儀朔方節度留後
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 205
Acting Minister of War 檢校兵部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 215
Adjutant of Ye 鄴尉
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 200
Magistrate of Xiaoguan 蕭關令
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 201
Observation Commissioner of Jiangxi 江西觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 207
garrison commander 領鎮
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
Military Commissioner of Heyang 河陽節度
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 237
Magistrate of Guzang 姑臧令
Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 201
Magistrate of Shenwu 神烏令
Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 201
Magistrate of Weinan 渭南令
Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 203
Duke of Ji 冀國公
AD 773 大曆八年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 211
Left Vice Director 左僕射
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 219
Entered office by
Hereditary privilege
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 200

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 138, passage 200
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 211, 217
At Sanyuan in Jingzhao 京兆三原
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 200
AD 780 德宗立
At Eastern Capital 東都 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 217

Works and attributed material

Narrative action · Agent
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 215, 218-219

Events and relationships

Beaten to death
Legal · Executor · With Jia Mingguan (賈明觀)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 209
Executed merchant sailors and seized wealth
AD 773 大曆八年 · Legal · Authority
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 216
Exterminated li cave malefactors
AD 773 大曆八年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 214
Flogged Mingguan to death
Legal · Executioner · With Jia Mingguan (賈明觀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 90
Killed
Military · Commander · With Sun Shouliang (孫守亮)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 205
Oversaw post stations
Administrative · Magistrate · At Duhua and Dongyang 杜化、東陽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 203

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Provisioned without disturbing people
AD 755 to AD 763 關畿用兵時 · Administrative · Magistrate
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 204
Recruited and campaigned
AD 773 大曆八年 · Military · Commander · With Geshu Huang (哥舒晃)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 212-213
Replaced
Administrative · Successor · With Wei Shaoyou (魏少遊)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 209
Secretly bribed
AD 780 德宗立 · Political · Agent · With Yang Yan (楊炎)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 217
Relation Successor of · Person Wei Shaoyou (魏少遊)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 90
Relation Patron of · Person Jing Mian (敬冕)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 212
Relation Associate of · Person Yuan Zai (元載)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 226
Relation Patron of · Person Meng Yao (孟瑤)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 212

Assessments and attributes

Assessment performance ranked first in the empire · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 201
Assessment rewards did not match his merit because Daizong detested his greed in the Huang affair · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 216
Assessment skilled in managing revenue · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 207
Assessment worthy to succeed Han Lu Gong · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (唐玄宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 202

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
From Jianke 劍客 · To Sigong 嗣恭 · Authority Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (唐玄宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 200, 202

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 1 passage

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及路嗣恭代少遊，到州，即日杖殺，識者以是減魏之名，多路之政。 When Lu Sigong replaced Shaoyou and reached the prefecture, he had Mingguan flogged to death that same day. The knowing held that this diminished Wei's reputation and enhanced Lu's.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 1 passage

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及路嗣恭領鎮，復以為都團練副使。 When Lu Sigong took command of the garrison, Hun was again made deputy overall training commissioner.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 138Volume 138 Biographies 63: · 13 passages

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路嗣恭，字懿範，京兆三原人，始名劍客，以世廕為鄴尉。 Lu Sigong, courtesy name Yifan, came from Sanyuan in Jingzhao. Originally named Jianke, he entered office through hereditary privilege as adjutant of Ye.

席豫黜陟河朔，表為蕭關令，連徙神烏、姑臧二縣，考績為天下最。 When Xi Yu reformed official appointments in Hebei, Sigong was recommended as magistrate of Xiaoguan, then served in succession at Shenwu and Guzang; his performance reviews ranked first in the empire.

玄宗以為可嗣漢魯恭，因賜名。 Xuanzong judged him a worthy successor to the virtuous Han magistrate Lu Gong and granted him the name Sigong.

時關畿用兵，使人系道，嗣恭儲具有素，而民不擾。 With war raging in the capital region and couriers choking the roads, Sigong had long laid up supplies, and the people were not disturbed.

後為郭子儀朔方節度留後，大將孫守亮擁重兵，驕蹇不受制，嗣恭因稱疾，守亮至，即殺之，一軍皆震。 Later, as acting commissioner under Guo Ziyi's Shuofang command, he faced the arrogant general Sun Shouliang, who held a large force and refused obedience. Sigong feigned illness; when Shouliang came to call, he had him killed at once, and the whole army was shaken.