Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Writer

Lu Guan 盧觀

First attested AD 500; died AD 525

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Guan was a Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Boju	伯舉	Boju

Life and dates

Death

AD 525 孝昌元年
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 253

Attested activity

AD 500 to AD 540 子觀…事在文苑傳
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 221
AD 525 孝昌元年
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 253
AD 518 to AD 525 神龜至正光
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 67

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lu Guangzong (盧光宗)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 221
Sibling of Lu Zhongxuan (盧仲宣)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 221

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 67

Career and standing

Assistant Gentleman of the Writing Office 著作佐郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 251
Erudite of the Imperial Academy 太學博士
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 251
Gentleman in the Bureau of Rites 尚書儀曹郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 252

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passages 251, 253
At Zhuo in Fanyang 范陽涿
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 250

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential top class in policy examination 射策甲科
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 251
Recommended
Credential Cultivated Talent 秀才
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 251
Skill learning 學 · Level outstanding
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 251

Events and relationships

Compiled court ritual
Scholarly · Compiler · With Li Shenjun (李神儁)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 252
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Shenjun (李神儁)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 252
Relation Friend of · Person Xing Cang (邢臧)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 67
Relation Colleague of · Person Wang Song (王誦)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 252

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 1, 221

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 91Volume 85: Men of Letters: Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin · 4 passages

袁躍裴敬憲盧觀封肅邢臧裴伯茂邢昕溫子昇 Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin, and Wen Zisheng

盧觀，字伯舉，范陽涿人也。 Lu Guan, whose style was Boju, came from Zhuo in Fanyang commandery.

與裴敬憲、盧觀兄弟並結交分，曾共讀回文集，臧獨先通之。 He formed close friendships with Pei Jingxian and the brothers Lu Guan; they once read Feng Hui's collected writings together, and Cang alone mastered them first.

考本書卷四七盧玄傳附見盧光宗，云：「子觀、觀弟仲宣，事在文苑傳。」 In this book, volume 47, the biography of Lu Xuan notes in passing on Lu Guangzong: "His sons Guan and Guan's younger brother Zhongxuan are treated in the Men of Letters section."