Lü Xu (呂嬃) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lü Xu was an Early Han Court Woman.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

BC 180 八年八月辛酉
Flogged to death
Directly stated · Book of Han 4, passage 85

Attested activity

BC 180 八年…姑呂嬃
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 4, passage 55
BC 206 to BC 180 呂嬃
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 153

Family

Kin of Lü Lu (祿)
aunt 姑
Directly stated · Book of Han 4, passage 55

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 4 Volume 3: Annals of Empress Lü Zhi 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 98 Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang 1 passage

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Han 4, passages 56-57

Assessments and attributes

Item pearls, jade, and precious vessels 珠玉寶器 · Relation Scattered
Directly stated · Book of Han 4, passage 57

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 4Volume 3: Annals of Empress Lü Zhi · 3 passages

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祿信寄，與俱出遊，過其姑呂嬃。 Lü Lu trusted Ji and went out touring with him, passing by his aunt Lü Xu.

嬃怒曰：「奴為將而棄軍，呂氏今無處矣！」 Lü Xu said angrily: 'You slave—as a general you abandon the army; the Lü clan now has nowhere to turn!'

殺呂祿，笞殺呂嬃。 They killed Lü Lu and flogged Lü Xu to death.

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 1 passage

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其識機雖呂嬃亦不過也。 Her foresight—even Empress Lü could not have surpassed it.