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Overview Lu Qi was an official.
Identity Historical · Male
Life and dates Death Attested activity AD 943 天福八年
AD 930 to AD 933 長興中
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 56 Volume 56 Miscellaneous Biographies 36: He Ning, Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, Lu Zhi, Lü Qi, Xue Rong, He Ze, Wang Quan, Shi Gui, Long Min · 17 passages
琦為人美風儀，重節概，少喪其家，遊學汾、晉之間。
Lü Qi had a fine bearing and valued integrity. After losing his family while still young, he traveled to study in the Fen and Jin regions.
唐莊宗鎮太原，以為代州軍事推官。
When Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang held Taiyuan as his base, Qi was made military investigating officer of Dai Prefecture.
訓為安重誨所庇，不與，琦請不已，訓懼自殺，獄乃辨，蒙活者甚眾。
Xun was protected by An Chonghui and was not surrendered. Qi pressed the matter relentlessly until Xun, in fear, killed himself. The cases were then cleared, and many who would have been condemned were spared.
長興中，廢帝失守河中，罷居清化坊，與琦同巷，琦數往過之。
During the Changxing era, Emperor Fei lost Hezhong and was dismissed to live in Qinghua Ward. He lived on the same lane as Qi, and Qi often visited him.
後廢帝入立，待琦甚厚，拜知制誥、給事中、樞密院直學士、端明殿學士。
Later, when Emperor Fei took the throne, he treated Qi with great favor, appointing him drafter of edicts, palace attendant, direct academician of the Privy Council, and academician of the Duanming Hall.
是時，晉高祖鎮河東，有二誌，廢帝患之，琦與李崧俱備顧問，多所裨畫。
At that time Gaozu of Jin held Hedong with divided loyalties, which troubled Emperor Fei. Qi and Li Song both served as his advisers and offered much useful counsel.
琦言：「太原之患，必引契丹為助，不如先事制之。」
Qi said: "The threat from Taiyuan will surely draw Khitan support. We would do better to forestall it."
琦因言：「方今之勢，不如與契丹通和，如漢故事，歲給金帛，妻之以女，使強藩大鎮顧外無所引援，可弭其亂心。」
Qi went on: "Given the present situation, we would do better to make peace with the Khitan. Following Han precedent, we should send gold and silk each year and marry a princess to them, so that powerful frontier commanders would have no foreign ally to call upon. That could quell their rebellious ambitions."
崧以琦語語三司使張延朗，延朗欣然曰：「茍能紓國患，歲費縣官十數萬緡，責吾取足可也！」
Li Song repeated Qi's words to Zhang Yanlang, commissioner of the Three Departments. Yanlang said gladly: "If it can relieve the state's peril, spending several hundred thousand strings from the treasury each year—I can be tasked to supply whatever is needed!"
廢帝大喜，佗日以琦等語問樞密直學士薛文遇，文遇大以為非，因誦戎昱「社稷依明主，安危托婦人」之詩，以誚琦等。
Emperor Fei was greatly pleased. Another day he asked Privy Direct Academician Xue Wenyü about Qi's proposal. Wenyü strongly objected and recited Rong Yu's verse, "The altars depend on a wise lord; safety and peril rest on a woman," to mock Qi and the others.
廢帝大怒，急召崧、琦等問和戎計如何。
Emperor Fei was furious and urgently summoned Li Song, Lü Qi, and the others to explain their plan for peace with the Khitan.
琦等察帝色怒，亟曰：「臣等為國計，非與契丹求利於中國也。」
Qi and the others, seeing the emperor's anger, quickly said: "We propose this for the state's sake, not to seek profit from the Khitan at China's expense."
崧等惶恐拜謝，拜無數，琦足力乏不能拜而先止。
Song and the others prostrated themselves in terror, bowing repeatedly without end. Qi's legs gave out from exhaustion and he stopped first, unable to keep bowing.
帝曰：「呂琦強項，肯以人主視我邪！」
The emperor said, "Lü Qi is stiff-necked—does he not even regard me as his sovereign?"
琦曰：「臣素病羸，拜多而乏，容臣少息。」
Qi said, "I have long been frail and sickly. These many bows have exhausted me—please allow me a moment to catch my breath."
因遷琦御史中丞，居數月，復為端明殿學士。
Qi was made Vice Censor-in-Chief, and after several months was restored as Academician of the Hall of Brilliant Clarity.
琦事晉為秘書監，累遷兵部侍郎。
Qi served the Jin court as Director of the Secretariat and rose through several posts to Vice Minister of War.