Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Administrator

Lu Fazhen 陸法真

First attested AD 453; died AD 465

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Fazhen was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

AD 465 太宗初
Died in office · At Nanhai 南海
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 235
AD 467 泰始三年
Died in office
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 178

Age

advanced-age
Label advanced in years 年高 · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 234

Attested activity

AD 453 to AD 464 世祖世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passages 232-234
AD 465 太宗初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 235
AD 467 泰始三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 178

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Lu Fazhen
maternal grandson 外孫 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 92, passage 233
Descendant of Zhang Xuan (張玄)
maternal grandson 外孫 · maternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 233

Key source chapters

Career and standing

recorder of the army pacifying the north 安北錄事參軍
AD 453 to AD 464 世祖世 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 232
administrator of Nanhai 南海太守
AD 465 太宗初 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 235
Chief Administrator and Administrator of Nanhai 長史、南海太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 178

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 178; Book of Song 92, passage 232
At Wu commandery 吳郡
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 232
AD 465 太宗初
At Nanhai 南海 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 235
At southeast 東南 · Relation Native region · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 233

Events and relationships

Appointed administrator of Nanhai
AD 465 太宗初 · Appointment · Appointee
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 235
Relation Staff officer of · Person Liu Xiuzhi (劉秀之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 232
Relation Colleague of · Person Sun Shen (孫詵) · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 233

Assessments and attributes

Assessment integrity-in-successive-offices · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 232
Assessment utterly-incorrupt-with-lofty-principles · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 233-234

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 178
from a distinguished southeastern family
Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 233
held a humble post despite advanced age; integrity undiminished
Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 234

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 14: Kong Jigong, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Tanqing · 1 passage

希既到鎮，長史、南海太守陸法真喪官，希又請惠徽補任。 After Xi reached his post, Chief Administrator and Administrator of Nanhai Lu Fazhen died in office; Xi again requested Huizhen to fill the post.

Book of Song, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 52: Liang Li · 2 passages

世祖世，吳郡陸法真歷官有清節，嘗為劉秀之安北錄事參軍。 Under Emperor Xiaowu, Lu Fazhen of Wu commandery held several posts marked by integrity and once served as recorder on Liu Xiuzhi's staff as army pacifying the north.

泰山羊希與安北諮議參軍孫詵書曰：「足下同僚似有陸錄事者，此生東南名地，又張玄外孫，持身至清，雅有志節。 Yang Xi of Taishan wrote to Sun Shen, consulting adjutant pacifying the north: "Among your colleagues there seems to be a Recorder Lu. He comes from a distinguished southeastern family and is the maternal grandson of Zhang Xuan. He is utterly incorrupt and has lofty principles.