Overview
Lu Jiong was an official and General.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 756 十五載正月Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
- AD 747 天寶六年Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
- AD 756 to AD 757 炅在圍中一年Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 32
- AD 756 至五月Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 10
- AD 757 至德二年五月十五日Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
Career and standing
- Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫Appointed concurrent · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
- special memorialist 別奏Appointed · Appointing Person Id Geshu Han (哥舒翰) · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
- Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
- defense commissioner 防禦使Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
- Governor of Shangluo 上洛太守Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
- local defense commander of his own prefecture 本郡守捉Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
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- Nanyang military governor 南陽節度使Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
- Xiangyang military governor 襄陽節度使Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
- Right Army General-in-Chief with full concurrent rank 右領軍大將軍同正員Promoted · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
- Governor of Nanyang 南陽太守Transferred · before departing for Shangluo · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
- purple-gold fish tally 紫金魚袋Bestowed · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 3, 8, 35
- At Fanyang 范陽Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 1
- At Fanyang 范陽 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 1
- At Nanyang 南陽 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 8
- At Xiangyang 襄陽 · Relation Fled to · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
- At Xiangyang 襄陽 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 35
Learning and skills
- Subjects history and the classics 書史 · Level widely readDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2
- Skill historical and classical learning 書史 · Level widely readDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2
Events and relationships
- BesiegedMilitary · Defender · With Tian Chengsi (田承嗣) · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 17, 32
- BesiegedMilitary · Defender · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 14, 32
- Broke outAD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Commander · At Nanyang 南陽 · Destination Xiangyang 襄陽Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 33
- DefeatedMilitary · Officer · Counterpart Tibetan raiders 吐蕃 · At Longyou 隴右 · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
- EncampedMilitary · Commander · At north of Ye County, south of the Zhi River 葉縣北，滍水之南 · Force fifty thousand troops from Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Shannan East 嶺南、黔中、山南東道子弟五萬人 · From Source Date: Text: 十五載正月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 9
- Endured famineDisaster · Besieged commander · At Nanyang 南陽 · ox hide boiled for food; rice 40-50 thousand cash per dou; rats 400 cash; cannibalism · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756 · Until Source Date: Text: 至德二年五月十五日 · Western Year: AD 757Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 20, 32
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- FledDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 11
- FoughtAD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Commander · With Tian Chengsi (田承嗣) · Duration two days · Outcome Killed many rebelsDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 34
- Held choke pointAD 757 至德二年五月十五日 · Military · Defender · At Yangzi and Han valleys 江、漢 · Outcome South China preservedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 36
- Rallied survivorsAD 756 至五月 · Military · Commander · At Nanyang 南陽郡Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 14
- RecruitedAppointment · Appointee · With Geshu Han (哥舒翰) · At Longyou 隴右 · From Source Date: Text: 天寶六年 · Western Year: AD 747Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 3
- Refused battleDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 10
- Refused summonsDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 15
- Stood below stepsDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 5
- Withstood siegeMilitary · Defender · With Wu Lingxun (武令珣) · At Nanyang 南陽 · From Source Date: Text: 至五月 · Western Year: AD 756Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 16
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Geshu Han (哥舒翰)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passages 3, 5
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment his desperate defense of the strategic pass preserved the south · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 36
- Assessment will one day be a military governor · Mode quotation Speaker Geshu Han (哥舒翰)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 5
- over seven chi tall 身長七尺餘Physical description · Statement over seven chi tallDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 2
- Item purple-gold fish tally 紫金魚袋 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 6
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