Lu Bian 盧辯

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0001, zhoushu:024:s0003

Roles

• Aristocrat
• Commentator
• Official
• Scholar
• Teacher
• Writer

Family

• Sibling of Lu Jingyu (盧景裕)
  Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Role: elder brother · Shared Parentage: full
• Child of Lu Jing (盧靖)
  Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
• Parent of Lu Shen (盧慎)
  Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

• Label: Right Vice Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書右僕射 · Action: appointed after repeated promotions
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0022
• Label: Overseer of Composition / 著作 · Action: appointed concurrent
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0010
• Label: Academician of the Imperial University / 太學博士 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0004
• Label: Gentleman Attendant at the Yellow Gate / 給事黃門侍郎 · Action: appointed
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0010
• Label: Governor of Yizhou / 宜州刺史 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0025
• Label: Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince / 太子少傅 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0015
• Label: Minister of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常卿 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0015
• Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: promoted
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0023
• Label: Junior Preceptor / 少師 · Action: transferred
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0017
• Title: Duke of Fanyang / 范陽公 · Action: enfeoffed
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0017
• Label: paired offerings in the Grand Duke's temple / 配食太祖廟庭 · Action: granted posthumously
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0026
• Label: imperial visit to his residence with the chief ministers / 帝與諸公幸其第 · Action: received
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0024
• Title: Duke of Fanyang / 范陽公 · Action: granted
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0017

Places and affiliations

• Place: Zhuo in Fanyang commandery / 范陽涿
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0001
• Place: Yizhou / 宜州 · Relation: posted-to
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0025

Learning and skills

• Credential: xiucai / 秀才 · Action: nominated
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0004
• Skill: classical learning / 經籍 · Level: broad mastery
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0004

Works and attributed material

• Work: Record of Rites of the Elder Dai / 大戴禮 · Relation: commentator
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0005
• Work: six-ministry system after the Offices of Zhou / 周官六官 · Relation: compiler
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0028, zhoushu:024:s0029, zhoushu:024:s0030, zhoushu:024:s0032
• Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Statement: In public affairs beyond the household, righteousness cuts through private ties—what farewell could there be?
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0009

Events and relationships

• Kind: political · Role: attendant · Action: accompanied the Wei crown prince north of the Wei River during Zhao Qingque's rebellion · Other Person Id: Wei Crown Prince (魏太子)
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0012, zhoushu:024:s0013
• Kind: institutional · Role: reformer · Action: adapted court statutes and ritual after Emperor Xiaowu's westward move
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0018, zhoushu:024:s0019
• Kind: institutional · Role: completer · Action: completed Su Chuo's Offices of Zhou project and established the six ministries · Other Person Id: Su Chuo (蘇綽)
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0029, zhoushu:024:s0030, zhoushu:024:s0031
• Kind: political · Role: follower · Action: followed the emperor into the Pass alone without returning home
  Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:024:s0007, zhoushu:024:s0010
• Kind: ritual · Role: teacher · Action: received dried-meat discipleship gifts and taught the Wei crown prince and the princes
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0016
• Relation: advisor-to · Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0011
• Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Wei Crown Prince (魏太子)
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0016

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: an honor few scholars ever received · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0024
• Assessment: steadfast resolve and decisive action · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0014
• Kind: character · Statement: exceptionally retentive memory and intuitive grasp; decided great affairs without hesitation
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0020, zhoushu:024:s0021

Source notes

• Statement: His family had produced Confucian scholars for generations
  Explicit · zhoushu:024:s0002