Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Filial Son

Lu Yanshi 陸彥師

Attested AD 550 - AD 618

Passages
12
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Lu Yanshi was an official and Filial Son.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Sui

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Yunfang 雲房 Yúnfáng

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. Book of Sui, Chapter 72 Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety 11 passages
  2. Book of Sui, Chapter 56 Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang 1 passage

Origins and identity

Career and standing

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Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment brotherly devotion and filial righteousness were concentrated in his family · Mode contemporary-reputation
    Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 34
  • Assessment distinguished gentry from commoners in appointments and was praised for it · Mode contemporary-reputation
    Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 47
  • Assessment governed Zhongshan benevolently · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 37
  • Assessment grief was so extreme he nearly died · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 26
  • Assessment showed proper conduct from youth and was praised by clan and neighborhood · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 23
  • Assessment though violating measured norms of former kings, excess reveals humanity · Mode historian-judgment
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References in the histories

12 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 11 passages