Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Lu Chui 陸倕

c. AD 470 - AD 526

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Chui was an official and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zuogong	佐公	Zuogong

Life and dates

Death

AD 526 普通七年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 68

Age

57
AD 526 普通七年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 68

Attested activity

AD 502 天監初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 15
AD 526 普通七年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 68

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lu Zizhen (陸子真)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 5
Descendant of Lu Wan (陸玩)
sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 4
Child of Lu Huixiao (陸慧曉)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 6
Parent of Lu Zuan (陸纘)
fourth son 第四子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 70
Kin of Zhang Dai (張岱)
maternal grandfather 外祖 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 11
Child of Mother of Lu Chui (陸倕母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 60

Career and standing

outer-army aide to the Right Army under the Prince of Ancheng 右軍安成王外兵參軍
AD 502 天監初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 15
acting minister of ceremonies 太常卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 67
erudite of the Imperial University 國子博士
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 60
palace attendant of the heir apparent 太子中舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 55
Entered
Mourning
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 60
Dismissed
Dismissal
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 64

Places and affiliations

Liang 梁
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256
At Wu county in Wu commandery 吳郡吳
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 3
At Wu 吳 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 3

Learning and skills

Skill literary principles 文理 · Level broadly-versed · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256

Works and attributed material

Collected writings in twenty fascicles 文集二十卷
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 69
Fu on Perceiving a True Friend 感知己賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 16
Inscription of the Stone Que 石闕銘
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passages 56, 58
Inscription on the New Clepsydra 新漏刻銘
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 54
Edict · Subject · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passages 58-59

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Ren Fang (任昉)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 16

Assessments and attributes

Assessment broadly penetrated literary principles · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256
Assessment esteemed by men of letters · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 52
Assessment listed among famous ministers · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 12 passages

陸倕到洽明山賓殷鈞陸襄 Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun; and Lu Xiang

陸倕字佐公，吳郡吳人也。 Lu Chui, styled Zuogong, came from Wu county in Wu commandery.

倕少勤學，善屬文。 From boyhood Chui studied hard and showed a gift for writing.

刺史竟陵王子良開西邸延英俊，倕亦預焉。 When the provincial inspector, Prince Ziliang of Jingling, opened his western lodge to gather talented men, Chui was among those invited.

倕與樂安任昉友善，爲《感知己賦》以贈昉，昉因此名以報之曰：「信偉人之世篤，本侯服於陸鄉。 Chui was close friends with Ren Fang of Le'an and wrote "Fu on Perceiving a True Friend" as a gift to him. Fang answered with a rhapsody of his own, opening: "Truly steadfast among the great men of our age—your roots lie in the marquis lands of Lu township.

唯忘年之陸子，定一遇於班荊。 Only young-in-spirit Master Lu, fixing upon a single meeting among thorny plants.

是時禮樂制度，多所創革，高祖雅愛倕才，乃敕撰《新漏刻銘》，其文甚美。 At that time rites and music were being widely reformed; the emperor greatly valued Chui's talent and ordered him to compose the "Inscription on the New Clepsydra," a work of exceptional beauty.

敕曰：「太子中舍人陸倕所制《石闕銘》，辭義典雅，足爲佳作。 An edict said: "The 'Inscription of the Stone Que' composed by Lu Chui, palace attendant of the heir apparent, is elegant in diction and meaning and fully qualifies as an excellent work.

七年，遷太子中舍人，與庶子陸倕對掌東宮管記。 In the seventh year he was promoted to palace attendant of the heir apparent and, with junior tutor Lu Chui, jointly managed the Eastern Palace records.

去歲陸太常殂歿，今茲二賢長謝。 Last year Minister of Ceremonies Lu passed away; this year these two worthies have departed as well.

陸生資忠履貞，冰清玉潔，文該四始，學遍九流，高情勝氣，貞然直上。 Master Lu was endowed with loyalty and practiced purity, clear as ice and clean as jade; his writing encompassed the four beginnings of the Classic of Poetry, his learning pervaded the nine schools; lofty in feeling and surpassing in spirit, he stood upright and ascended.

陳吏部尚書姚察曰：陸倕博涉文理，到洽匪躬貞勁，明山賓儒雅篤實，殷鈞靜素恬和，陸襄淳深孝性，雖任遇有異，皆列於名臣矣。 Yao Cha, director of the Ministry of Personnel of Chen, said: Lu Chui broadly penetrated literary principles; Dao Qia with his whole person was upright and firm; Ming Shanbin was elegant in Confucian learning and sincere and solid; Yin Jun was quiet, plain, tranquil, and harmonious; Lu Xiang was pure, deep, and filial in nature—though their appointments differed, all were listed among famous ministers.