Qin and Han · Scholar and Senior Official

Lu Pi 魯丕

Lǔ Pī

Died AD 111

Passages
20
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lu Pi as an official and scholar. This record brings together 20 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lu Pi 魯丕 Lǔ Pī
Personal Lu Pi Lǔ Pī
Alternate Lu Shuling 魯叔陵 Lǔ Shūlíng
Courtesy Shuling 叔陵 Shūlíng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

  • Action: died-in-office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 111

Age

  • Value: 75 · Reckoning: traditional · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 111
  • Value: 7 · Reckoning: traditional · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建武初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 28

Attested activity

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: teacher of the Lu Odes and Documents / 以《魯詩》、《尚書》教授
  • Label: Consultant / 議郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 76
  • Label: Left Leader of Gentlemen / 左中郎將 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 108
  • Label: grand administrator of Chenliu / 陳留太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 91
  • Label: merit clerk to the inspector / 督郵功曹 · Action: held
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: promoted-then-dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元十三年 · Regnal Year: 13 · Western Year: AD 101
  • Label: grand administrator of Dong Commandery / 東郡太守 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 90
  • Label: Inspector of Qing Province / 青州刺史 · Action: promoted
  • Label: magistrate of Xinye / 新野令 · Action: promoted
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: reappointed · Recommender Person Id: Deng Zhi (鄧騭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 108
  • Label: Counselor of the Palace / 中散大夫 · Action: recalled-and-promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元十一年 · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 99
  • Label: Chancellor of Zhao / 趙相 · Action: summoned-and-appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元和元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 84
  • Title: one of the Three Elders / 三老 · Action: honored-again
  • Action: received a cap, headcloth, shoes, socks, and a suit of clothes from Emperor He
  • Action: specially received in audience, examined on the classics, and richly rewarded
  • Status: celebrated Confucian scholar · Action: recognized-as
  • Action: charged-and-sent-for-trial · Matter: inaccurate reporting of relief grain for the poor · Authority: Minister of Justice / 司寇
  • Action: imprisoned-and-tried · Authority: Minister of Justice / 司寇 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初七年 · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 82

Learning and skills

  • Subject: Five Classics / 《五經》 · Action: mastered
  • Subject: Lu Odes / 《魯詩》 · Action: studied-and-taught · Organization: Imperial Academy / 太學
  • Subject: Five Classics / 《五經》 · Action: taught · Student Count: Minimum: 100
  • Credential: highest examination grade / 高第 · Action: earned
  • Credential: upright and honest / 方正 · Action: recommended · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初初 · Western Year: AD 76
  • Credential: worthy and upright / 賢良方正 · Action: recommended · Recommender Person Id: Liu Kuan (劉寬) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 76

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: scholarly-debate · Role: participant · Action: debated classical questions at Emperor He's audience · Other Person Ids: Jia Kui (賈逵), Huang Xiang (黃香)
  • Kind: public-works · Role: administrator · Action: dredged channels and repaired irrigation in two commanderies, enriching the people
  • Kind: mourning · Role: son · Action: mourned their father intensely and refused funeral gifts
  • Kind: institutional-dispute · Role: chancellor · Action: prevailed; the edict followed his advice and the prince feared him · Other Person Id: Prince Shang of Zhao (趙王商)
  • Kind: official-selection · Role: recommender · Action: repeatedly advanced hidden eminent scholars

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: auspicious omens repeatedly appeared and officials and people esteemed him · Provenance: Mode: narrator-assessment
  • Assessment: called 'the Five Classics revived—Lu Shuling' east of the Pass · Provenance: Mode: regional-reputation
  • Assessment: commanders treated him as teacher and friend · Provenance: Mode: contemporary-reputation
  • Assessment: praised by Confucian scholars; students flocked to study with him · Provenance: Mode: contemporary-reputation
  • Assessment: ranked first in the provincial evaluation after one year · Provenance: Mode: official-evaluation
  • Kind: character · Statement: deep, studious, diligent, and withdrawn from social visits
  • Kind: governance · Statement: honored worthy people and exercised caution in punishments

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 20 passages