Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Attendant

Che Lutou 車路頭

Died AD 421

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Che Lutou as an attendant, military officer, and official. This record brings together 11 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Che Lutou	車路頭	Che Lutou
Surname	Che	車	Che
Personal name	Che Lutou	車路頭	Che Lutou
Given name	Lutou	路頭	Lutou

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · weishu:039:s0001

Roles

Attendant
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 泰常六年 · Western Year: AD 421
Explicit · weishu:039:s0050

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天賜末 · Western Year: AD 408
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:039:s0044
Source Date: Text: 泰常六年 · Western Year: AD 421
Explicit · weishu:039:s0050

Family

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Parent of Che Juan (車眷)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Regular Attendant / 散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:039:s0045
Label: Loyal and True / 忠貞 · Action: posthumous-name
Explicit · weishu:039:s0052
Title: Duke of Xuancheng / 宣城公 · Action: changed-to
Explicit · weishu:039:s0046
Title: Duke of Jinxiang / 金鄉公 · Action: granted
Explicit · weishu:039:s0045
Title: Prince of Xuancheng / 宣城王 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · weishu:039:s0052

Places and affiliations

Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Explicit · weishu:039:s0045
Place: Dai / 代
Explicit · weishu:039:s0041
Place: Jinling / 金陵 · Relation: buried-at
Explicit · weishu:039:s0054

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: sincere loyalty in peril · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:039:s0162, weishu:039:s0163

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 39Volume 34: Wang Luo Er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Wan Anguo · 11 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

元紹之逆，太宗左右唯洛兒與車路頭而已。 During Yuan Shao's revolt, of all those close to Emperor Taizong only Luoer and Che Lutou remained.

散騎常侍王洛兒、車路頭等，服勤左右，十有餘年，忠謹恭肅，久而彌至，未嘗須臾之頃，有廢替之心。 Regular Attendant Wang Luoer, Che Lutou, and the rest have served diligently at my side for more than ten years, loyal, careful, and reverent, their devotion deepening with the years, and never for a moment have they shown any wish to leave my service.

車路頭，代人也。 Che Lutou was a native of Dai.

天賜末，太宗出於外，路頭隨侍竭力。 Near the end of the Tiansi reign, when Emperor Taizong was forced out of the palace, Lutou followed and served him with all his strength.

及太宗即位，拜為散騎常侍，賜爵金鄉公，加忠意將軍。 When Emperor Taizong acceded, Lutou was appointed Regular Attendant, enfeoffed as Duke of Jinxiang, and made General of Loyal Intent.

後改為宣城公。 He was later reassigned as Duke of Xuancheng.

太宗性明察，羣臣多以職事遇譴，至有杖罰，故路頭優遊不任事，侍宿左右，從容談笑而已。 Emperor Taizong was keen and exacting; many officials were punished for faults in their duties, some even beaten with the staff, so Lutou held no active post and merely kept night watch at the emperor's side, passing the time in easy talk and laughter.

路頭性無害，每至評獄處理，常獻寬恕之議，以此見重於朝。 Lutou was by nature gentle and harmless; whenever cases came before him for judgment he would urge leniency, and for this he was held in high regard at court.

贈侍中、左衞大將軍、太師、宣城王，諡曰忠貞。 He was posthumously honored as Palace Attendant, Grand General of the Left Guard, Grand Preceptor, and Prince of Xuancheng, with the posthumous title Loyal and True.

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!