Sui and Tang · Official and Scholar

Lu Congdian 陸從典

Attested AD 617 - AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Congdian was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Cannibalized · Eaten with household · Authority Zhu Can (朱粲)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 161

Attested activity

AD 617 to AD 618 謫南陽…粲初引為賓客
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passages 155, 161

Family

Kinship Role household members · Quantity unspecified · Negated false
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 161

Career and standing

Adjunct in the Author's Bureau 著作佐郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 161
Entered
Exile · At Nanyang 南陽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 161

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 1 passage

隋著作佐郎陸從典、通事舍人顏湣楚謫南陽，粲初引為賓客，後盡食兩家。 Lu Congdian, a Sui adjunct in the Author's Bureau, and Yan Mintu, a Palace Herald, both exiled to Nanyang, were welcomed as guests—then his soldiers devoured both families to the last.