Overview
Lü Cai was an official and Musician.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 626 to AD 649 呂才教樂工Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 205
- AD 640 to AD 665 孝孫已卒Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 133
- AD 632 貞觀六年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 215-216
- AD 649 to AD 683 高宗Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 302-303
Career and standing
- music official 太常丞Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 303
- official matching musical tones 叶其聲音Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 133
- Attendant Gentleman 起居郎AD 632 貞觀六年 · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 216
- Assistant Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常丞HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 303
- Attendant Gentleman 起居郎HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 133
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 133, 303
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 21, passages 205, 216
- Organization Music Bureau 樂府 · Relation Works recorded inDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 306-307
Works and attributed material
- Merit Accomplished Celebrating Goodness Music 功成慶善樂Relation ComposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 216
- qin songs 琴歌Relation ComposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 307
- White Snow 白雪Relation ComposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 304, 307
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Lü Cai (呂才)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 303-305
Events and relationships
- Composed qin songs including white snowAD 649 to AD 683 高宗 · Scholarly · ComposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 307
- Matched tones for twelve harmoniesDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 133
- Proposed white snow song and sending voiceAD 649 to AD 683 高宗 · Scholarly · ProposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 303-305
- taught 128 musicians Breaks the Array by diagram 以圖教樂工百二十八人Cultural · Instructor · TaughtDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 205
- Relation Ordered by · Person Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 205
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 133
References in the histories
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