Lu Bie (盧鸑) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Bie was an official and Courtier.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Lu Ji	盧惎	Lu Ji

Life and dates

Death

AD 786 貞元二年七月
Cause illness 疾
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 163
AD 786 貞元二年七月
Illness
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 163

Attested activity

AD 780 to AD 785 史臣追述盧惎本仕
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 211, 213
AD 779 to AD 781 宰相楊炎遇之…遷大尹
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
AD 779 to AD 781 楊炎遇之
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 160
AD 782 to AD 785 盧杞甚惡之…福建觀察使
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
AD 786 貞元二年七月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 163; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 163

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yigong (義恭)
great-great-grandson 玄孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 156
Descendant of Lu Yigong (盧義恭)
great-great-grandson 玄孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 156
Child of Lu Ziqian (盧子騫)
father 父 · paternal line
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 157; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 157

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Career and standing

attendant censor 侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
bureau director in the Left Secretariat 左司郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
chief magistrate of the capital district 京兆尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
investigating palace censor 監察殿中御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
junior magistrate of the capital district 京兆少尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
metropolitan governor of Jingzhao 京兆尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 160

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observation commissioner of Fujian 福建觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 162
prefect of Fuzhou 福州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
prefect of Jinzhou 金州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
prefect of Raozhou 饒州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
records officer of Langzhou 閬州錄事參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
vice prefect of Fu Prefecture with concurrent regular status 撫州司馬同正
Demoted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
secretary of Fuzhou (撫州) 撫州司馬同正
Demotion · Entered
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 162
Entered
Yin privilege entry to office
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 158
impeachment and demotion 彈奏貶官
Suffered · Authority Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 158-160
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
At Fanyang in Youzhou 幽州范陽 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 156
At Fanyang in Youzhou 幽州范陽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 156
At capital district (Jingzhao) 京兆 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
At Fu Prefecture 撫州 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162

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At Fujian 福建 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
At Fuzhou 福州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
At Jinzhou 金州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
At Langzhou 閬州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 159
At Raozhou 饒州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162

Works and attributed material

Eulogy · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 213
Historian comment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211

Events and relationships

Favored and promoted by
Political · Subject · With Yang Yan (楊炎)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160
Impeached and demoted
Legal · Defendant · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 162
Served powerful favorites as crafty office seeker
Political · Official · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
Relation Protege of · Person Yang Yan (楊炎)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 160

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cultivated the powerful and favored as a crafty office-seeker; not praiseworthy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
Assessment known for practical ability in office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 158
Assessment lacked scholarly learning; skilled at cultivating the powerful; governed harshly and rashly · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 161
Assessment served the powerful in crafty office-seeking; nothing praiseworthy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 211
Assessment words and conduct were not genuine · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 213

Source notes

eulogy names 盧鸑 where the historian's prose names 盧惎; treated as the same chapter referent by parallel appraisal structure
Field personal-name · Witness chapter eulogy versus historian comment
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 211, 213

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 126Volume 122 Biographies 72: Zhang Xiancheng, Lu Sigong, Qu Huan, Jin Hanheng, Yang Chaocheng, Fan Ze, Li Shuming, Pei Zhou · 6 passages

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盧鸑，幽州范陽人也，貞觀中工部侍郎義恭玄孫也。 Lu Bie was a native of Fanyang in Youzhou and the great-great-grandson of Yigong, who had served as Vice Minister of Public Works in the Zhenguan era.

父子騫，潁王府諮議參軍，以鸑贈秘書少監。 His father Ziqian had been advisory staff officer of the Prince of Ying's household; because of Bie he was posthumously made Vice Director of the Secretariat.

鸑少以門廕入仕，在職以幹局稱。 Bie entered office early through yin privilege and was known in service for practical ability.

鸑無術學，善事權要，為政苛躁。 Bie had no scholarly training, was skilled at cultivating the powerful and favored, and governed harshly and rashly.

少遊逐勢利隨時，盧惎事權要巧宦，察言觀行，皆無可稱。 Shaoyou chased profit and power as the times shifted; Lu Ji cultivated the powerful and favored as a crafty office-seeker—in examining their words and conduct, none is praiseworthy.

贊曰李、陳、盧鸑，言行非真。 The eulogy says: Li, Chen, and Lu Yue—their words and conduct were not genuine.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 6 passages

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盧鸑，幽州范陽人也，貞觀中工部侍郎義恭玄孫也。 Lu Yue was a native of Fanyang in Youzhou and the great-great-grandson of Yigong, vice minister of works under Emperor Taizong.

父子騫，潁王府諮議參軍，以鸑贈秘書少監。 His father Ziqian had been advisory staff officer in the Prince of Ying's household and was posthumously honored as vice director of the Secretariat through Yue's promotions.

鸑少以門廕入仕，在職以幹局稱。 Yue entered office young through hereditary privilege and was known in service for practical competence.

鸑無術學，善事權要，為政苛躁。 Yue had no scholarly training, cultivated the powerful, and governed with harsh impatience.

少遊逐勢利隨時，盧惎事權要巧宦，察言觀行，皆無可稱。 Shaoyou chased profit with the times; Lu Yue curried favor with the powerful through crafty office-seeking. Judging their words and conduct, none deserves praise.

贊曰李、陳、盧鸑，言行非真。 The encomium reads: Li, Chen, and Lu Yue—their words and conduct were not genuine.