Lu Rubi (盧汝弼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Rubi was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zixie	子諧	Zixie

Life and dates

Death

AD 908 to AD 923 建國前
At Jin 晉
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 177
AD 923 莊宗將即位於魏州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 239

Attested activity

AD 892 to AD 893 唐昭宗景福中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 170
AD 908 to AD 923 建國前
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 177
AD 904 昭宗自秦遷洛
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 171
AD 904 to AD 907 時梁祖淩弱唐室
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 172
AD 912 to AD 923 洎帝平定趙、魏
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 176
AD 908 to AD 917 莊宗初行墨製
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 18

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AD 908 莊宗嗣晉王位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 175

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Lun (綸)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Jianqiu (簡求)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 167
Child of Jianqiu (簡求)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 168

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Career and standing

Director in the Bureau of Sacrifices 祠部郎中
AD 904 昭宗自秦遷洛 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 171
manager of edict drafting 知制誥
AD 904 昭宗自秦遷洛 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 171
drafter of all appointments and supplements 除補之命
AD 908 莊宗嗣晉王位 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 175
deputy envoy 副使
AD 923 莊宗將即位於魏州 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 239
Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 19
posts in the Censorate and Secretariat 台省
AD 892 to AD 893 景福中 · Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 170

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Minister of War 兵部尚書
Posthumously honored · Mode named-source-report Source Work Xuanhe Calligraphy Catalogue 宣和書譜
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 179

Places and affiliations

AD 892 to AD 904 唐昭宗景福中
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 170-171
AD 908 莊宗嗣晉王位
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 175
AD 904 to AD 907 懼禍渡河
At Shangdang 上黨 · Relation Traveled through
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 172
AD 904 to AD 923 歸於晉陽
At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 172, 177

Learning and skills

studied hard in youth and devoted himself to the examinations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 169
Earned
AD 892 to AD 893 景福中 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 169-170

Works and attributed material

Xuanhe Calligraphy Catalogue 宣和書譜
Note · Subject · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0167, s0168, s0169
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 167-169

Events and relationships

Fled across the Yellow River from Shangdang to Jinyang, fearing disaster as the Liang Founder destroyed Tang gentry
AD 904 to AD 907 時梁祖淩弱唐室 · Flight · Subject · At Jinyang 晉陽 · With Liang Founder (梁祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 172
Handled examination and proposed appointments for capital district officials who thronged his gate
AD 908 to AD 923 莊宗嗣晉王位 · Political · Administrator
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 175
Sought audience to welcome the emperor, expounded the Mandate of Heaven, and looked for restoration
AD 912 to AD 923 帝平定趙、魏 · Audience · Petitioner · With Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 176

Assessments and attributes

Assessment disdained resting on hereditary nobility · Mode named-source-report Source Work Xuanhe Calligraphy Catalogue 宣和書譜
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 169
Assessment elegant prose praised by contemporary gentlemen · Mode named-source-report Source Work Xuanhe Calligraphy Catalogue 宣和書譜
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 169
Assessment known for taking bribes and lowered in gentlemen's opinion · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 175
Assessment the emperor expected to make him chief minister · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 176

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 165

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun · 8 passages

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盧汝弼， Lu Rubi,

〈（《宣和書譜》：汝弼字子諧，祖綸，唐貞元年有詩名。 (Xuanhe Calligraphy Catalogue: Rubi, style name Zixie; his grandfather Lun was famed for poetry in the Zhenyuan reign.

汝弼少力學，不喜為世胄，篤誌科舉，登進士第，文彩秀麗，一時士大夫稱之。）〉 Rubi studied hard in youth, disdained resting on his birth, devoted himself to the examinations, passed the jinshi, and won praise from contemporaries for his elegant prose.)〉

昭宗自秦遷洛，時為祠部郎中、知制誥。 When Zhaozong moved the capital from Qin to Luoyang, Rubi was Director in the Bureau of Sacrifices and managed edicts.

時梁祖淩弱唐室，殄滅衣冠，懼禍渡河，由上黨歸於晉陽。 As the Liang Founder bullied the Tang court and destroyed the gentry, Rubi feared for his life, crossed the Yellow River, and from Shangdang made his way to Jinyang.

及莊宗嗣晉王位，承製置吏，又得汝弼，有若符契，由是除補之命，皆出汝弼之手，既而畿內官吏，考課議擬，奔走盈門，頗以賄賂聞，士論少之。 When Zhuangzong succeeded to the Jin throne, he again gained Rubi, as if by fate; thereafter all appointments passed through Rubi's hands. Soon officials of the capital districts thronged his gate for examination and promotion, and he gained a reputation for taking bribes, which lowered him in gentlemen's eyes.

洎帝平定趙、魏，汝弼每請謁迎勞，必陳說天命，顒俟中興，帝亦以宰輔期之。 When the emperor pacified Zhao and Wei, Rubi always sought audience to welcome him and expounded the Mandate of Heaven, looking earnestly for restoration; the emperor likewise expected to make him chief minister.

承業聞之怒，會盧汝弼卒，即令循守本官，代為副使。 Chengye heard and was furious; when Lu Rubi died, he had Xun keep his old post and replace him as deputy envoy.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 2 passages

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時莊宗初行墨製，凡除拜之命，皆成於盧汝弼之手。 At that time Zhuangzong had just begun issuing appointments in his own hand, and every commission was drafted by Lu Rubi.

汝弼既自為戶部侍郎，乃請與承業改官及開國邑，承業拒而不受。 After Rubi had made himself Vice Minister of Revenue, he asked to have Chengye's title and noble domain changed. Chengye refused.