Lu Gao 陸杲

Other names

Family

• Kin of Zhang Rong (張融)
  maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Lu Gao
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213
• Kin of Zhang Ji (張稷)
  collateral maternal uncle 從舅 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 168
• Child of Mother of Lu Gao
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 218
• Parent of Lu Zhao (陸罩)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 187
• Sibling of Lu Xu (陸煦)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 183

Career and standing

• Palace Assistant Censor 御史中丞
  AD 506 天監五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 220
• chief clerk to the General Who Pacifies the Army 撫軍長史
  AD 502 天監元年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 218
• administrator of Yixing 義興太守
  AD 509 天監八年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 172
• Director of the Secretariat 秘書監
  AD 507 天監六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 171
• Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 光祿卿
  AD 507 天監六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 171
• Palace Companion to the Heir Apparent 太子中庶子
  AD 507 天監六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 171

Places and affiliations

• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 217-218
• Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 214
• AD 509 天監八年
  At Yixing 義興 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 172
• AD 521 普通二年
  At Linchuan 臨川 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 177
• At Yang Province 揚州 · Relation Served as arbiter of
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 173, 178

Learning and skills

• loved learning from youth 少好學
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213
• Belief Buddhism 佛法 · Relation Adherent of
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 182
• Skill calligraphy 書 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213
• Skill painting 畫 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213

Works and attributed material

• Biographies of Monks 沙門傳
  Volumes 30
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 182
• Biographies of Monks 沙門傳
  Relation Author · Volumes 30
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 182
• Memorial · Author · With Yu Jian (虞肩)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 160
• I do not know the man. 臣不識其人。
  Speech · Speaker · With High Ancestor (高祖) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 164
• That is so. 有之
  Speech · Speaker · With High Ancestor (高祖) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 162
• You petty fellow—how dare you hand a criminal over to the censorate? 君小人，何敢以罪人屬南司？
  Speech · Speaker · With Huang Muzhi (黃睦之) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 166

Events and relationships

• Dismissed from office
  Legal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 215
• Impeached
  Legal · Censor · With Zhang Ji (張稷)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 168
• Left office to mourn mother
  AD 502 天監元年 · Personal · Son · With Mother of Lu Gao
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 218
• Memorialized arrest and trial
  AD 506 天監五年 · Legal · Prosecutor · With Yu Jian (虞肩)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 160
• Refused to answer intercession
  Political · Censor · With Huang Muzhi (黃睦之)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 161
• Relation Subordinate of · Person Wang Jian (王儉)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 214

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment called Huang Muzhi a petty man for entrusting a criminal to the censorate · With Huang Muzhi (黃睦之) · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Lu Gao (陸杲)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 166
• Assessment did not fear the powerful while at the Censorate · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 170
• Assessment embodied the Book of Songs line on the state’s upright judge · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 192-193
• Assessment lenient and kindly rule praised by the people · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 172
• Assessment renowned for talent and learning · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 189
• Assessment style, bearing, and movements much resembled Zhang Rong; contemporaries said uncle and nephew were unmatched under the sun · With Zhang Rong (張融) · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213