Lu Kai 陸凱

Other names

Family

• Kin of Lu Kang (抗)
  clan younger brother 族弟 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
• Kin of Lu Xi (喜)
  clan younger brother 族弟 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
• Kin of Lu Xun (陸遜)
  clansman / clan nephew 族子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 295
• Parent of Lu Yi (禕)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 139
• Parent of Lu Yi (陸祎)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 323
• Sibling of Lu Yin (陸胤)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 251
• Sibling of Lu Yin (胤)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 250

Career and standing

• Commander at Baqiu 巴丘督
  AD 255 五鳳二年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 301
• Major General 偏將軍
  AD 255 五鳳二年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 301
• General Who Conquers the North 征北將軍
  AD 258 孫休即位 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 304
• Administrator of Dan'er 儋耳太守
  AD 238 to AD 251 赤烏中 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 299
• Commandant Who Establishes Martiality 建武都尉
  AD 222 to AD 229 黃武初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 296
• Governor of Yu Province with acting credentials 假節領豫州牧
  AD 258 孫休即位 · Held
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 304

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 105, 138, 293, 295, 307, 314
• Polity Eastern Wu 東吳 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 223
• At Wu in Wu commandery 吳郡吳
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 295
• AD 274 抗卒後
  At Jian'an 建安 · Relation Exiled to
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 315
• AD 238 to AD 251 赤烏中
  At Dan'er 儋耳 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 299
• AD 222 to AD 229 黃武初
  At Yongxing 永興 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 296

Learning and skills

• Skill never laid books aside while commanding 手不釋書 · Level constant
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 297
• Skill divination by the Taixuan 以筮輒驗 · Level invariably accurate
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 298

Works and attributed material

• twenty remonstrances to Sun Hao 諫皓二十事
  Relation Author · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id Pei Songzhi (裴松之)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 145, 148
• memorial of twenty faults 不遵先帝二十事
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 192-210
• memorials and petitions 表疏
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 138
• Taixuan 太玄
  Relation Elaborated
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 298
• Memorial · Author · Addressed to Sun Hao (孫皓) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表傳 Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 212-224, 226-249
• Memorial · Author · Addressed to Sun Hao (孫皓) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 192-210

Events and relationships

• Attacked and beheaded Chen Bi
  AD 255 五鳳二年 · Military · Commander · With Chen Bi (陳毖) · At Lingling 零陵
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 300-301
• Campaigned against Zhuya with beheadings and captures
  AD 238 to AD 251 赤烏中 · Military · Commander · At Zhuya 朱崖
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 299
• Dissuaded Sun Hao from raiding Yiyang
  Political · Remonstrant · With Sun Hao (孫皓)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 306
• Fell ill
  AD 269 建衡元年 · Medical · Subject
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 308
• Gave final counsel
  AD 269 建衡元年 · Political · Counselor · With Sun Hao (孫皓)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 309, 312
• Marched with other generals to Shouchun
  Military · General · At Shouchun 壽春
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 302

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment authorship of the twenty-item memorial uncertain · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id Pei Songzhi (裴松之)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 145, 148
• Assessment his heart was for the public household; righteousness showed in his expression; memorials pointed to facts without embellishment; loyalty and earnestness welled from within · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 138
• Assessment language too blunt for Hao to have tolerated · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id Pei Songzhi (裴松之)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 146
• Assessment left traces of good governance wherever he served · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 296
• Assessment loyal, stalwart, honest, and plain · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 293

Source notes

• Jiangbiao zhuan quotes a different opening
  Field memorial-opening · Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表傳
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 154-155
• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 133, 211, 251, 293, 313
• Some report he hid the memorial and gave it to Dong Chao only when gravely ill
  Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 147
• judged that defeat would come within no more than twenty harvests
  Mode quotation Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 221
• served the court through three reigns before encountering Sun Hao in his remaining years
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 223