Lou Dingyuan (婁定遠)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lou Dingyuan as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 11 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lou Dingyuan	婁定遠	Lou Dingyuan
Given	Dingyuan	定遠	Dìngyuǎn
Given	Dingyuan	定遠
Personal name	Dingyuan	定遠	Dìngyuǎn
Title	Governor	刺史	Cishi
Personal name	Lou Dingyuan	婁定遠	Lou Dingyuan
Personal	Lou Dingyuan	婁定遠	Lóu Dìngyuǎn
Personal name	Lou Dingyuan	婁定遠	Lóu Dìngyuǎn
Title	Prince of Linhuai	臨淮王
Given		定遠	Dingyuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0101, beiqishu:048:s0084
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:040:s0039

Roles

Administrator
Aristocrat
General
Military Officer
Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: after Wucheng death · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 568
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:009:s0101
Source Date: Text: 世祖崩 · Western Year: AD 568
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0084
Source Date: Text: 世祖崩後 · Western Year: AD 565
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Source Date: Text: 婁定遠等謀出和士開 · Western Year: AD 565
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0089
Source Date: Text: 後主 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 571
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0060

Career and standing

Label: Inspector of Qing Province / 青州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0088
Label: army commander / 領軍 · Action: held
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0084
Label: Governor / 刺史 · Action: posted
Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0101

Places and affiliations

Place: sent out from court / 出 · Relation: transferred-away
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0085

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: member · Action: one of the Eight Nobles
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0084

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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武成崩，尊為皇太后，陸媼及和士開密謀殺趙郡王叡，出婁定遠、高文遙為刺史。 When Wucheng died she was honored as Empress Dowager; Nurse Lu and He Shikai secretly plotted to kill Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery and sent out Lou Dingyuan and Gao Wenyao as governors.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 30: Xin Shu; Yuan Wenyao; Zhao Yanshen · 1 passage

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至後主嗣位，趙郡王叡、婁定遠等謀出和士開，文遙亦參其議。 When the Later Sovereign succeeded, Prince of Zhao Jun Rui, Lou Dingyuan, and others plotted to remove He Shikai; Wenyao joined the plot.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 1 passage

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時太尉錄尚書事趙郡王叡先恒居內，預帷幄之謀，子琮素知士開忌叡及領軍臨淮王婁定遠，恐其矯遺詔出叡外任，奪定遠禁衛之權，因答云：「大行，神武之子，今上又是先皇傳位，群臣富貴者皆是至尊父子之恩，但令在內貴臣一無改易，王公已下必無異望。 At the time grand mentor and recorder of the masters of writing affairs, Prince of Zhao commandery Rui, had long lived inside the palace and shared counsel at the curtain. Zicong knew He Shikai resented Rui and general-in-chief of the guards Prince of Linhuai Lou Dingyuan and feared they might forge the final edict to send Rui out on provincial duty and strip Dingyuan of the guard command. He answered, "The late emperor was Gao Huan's son, and the present sovereign too received the throne from his predecessor. Every minister's wealth came from the sovereign father and son. Leave the great men inside the court unchanged, and the princes and dukes below will surely have no other wish.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 40: Imperial Affines · 2 passages

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世祖崩，與領軍婁定遠、錄尚書趙彥深、和士開、高文遙、領軍綦連猛、高阿那肱、樸射唐邕同知朝政，時人號為八貴。 When Shizu died, he jointly directed court government with Lou Dingyuan, Zhao Yanshen, He Shikai, Gao Wenyao, Qilian Meng, Gao Anagong, and Vice Director Tang Yong. People of the time called them the Eight Nobles.

於後定遠、文遙並出，唐邕專典外兵，綦連猛、高阿那肱別總武任，長粲常在左右，兼宣詔令，從幸晉陽。 Afterward Dingyuan and Wenyao were sent out, Tang Yong managed the external troops, Qilian Meng and Gao Anagong separately oversaw military duties, and Changcan remained constantly at the sovereign's side, proclaiming edicts and following him to Jinyang.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 42: Favored by Nobles · 6 passages

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趙郡王叡與婁定遠等謀出士開，引諸貴人共為計策。 Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery, with Lou Dingyuan and others, plotted to oust Shikai and summoned the great nobles to counsel together.

士開載美女珠簾及條諸寶玩以詣定遠，謝曰：「諸貴欲殺士開，蒙王特賜性命，用作方伯。 Shikai loaded up women, pearl curtains, and other treasures and went to Dingyuan, saying, "The nobles meant to kill me; thanks to Your Highness sparing my life, I am made a regional governor.

定遠喜，謂士開曰：「欲得還入不？」 Dingyuan was pleased and asked, "Do you want to go back inside?"

定遠許之。 Dingyuan consented.

於是詔出定遠青州刺史，責趙郡王叡以不臣之罪，召入而殺之。 Edicts then sent Dingyuan to Qing Province, charged Prince Rui of Zhao with treason, summoned him in, and executed him.

定遠歸士開所遺，加以餘珍賂之。 Dingyuan returned Shikai's gifts and added more treasures to buy him off.