Lu Siduo (陸思鐸) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Siduo was a general.

Life and dates

Death

Stated Age 54
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 200

Age

54
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 200

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 923 少事梁為宣武軍卒
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 195
AD 936 to AD 942 晉高祖時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 199

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Lu Siduo (陸思鐸之子)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 201

Career and standing

right-wing commander of the Dragon Martial guard 龍武右廂都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 198
left-wing commander of the Bowmen of the Constellation; prefect of En 拱辰左廂都指揮使，領恩州刺史
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 196
prefect of Chen and Cai 陳、蔡二州刺史
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 199

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 199
Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 195
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 198
At Linhuang in Chan Prefecture 澶州臨黃
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 194
At Chenzhou 陳州 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 202

Learning and skills

Skill archery 善射 · Level renowned
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 195

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Son of Lu Siduo (陸思鐸之子)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 201

Events and relationships

Shot zhuangzong saddle
Military · Archer · With Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment held Chenzhou and ruled kindly · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 201

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 5 passages

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陸思鐸 Lu Siduo

陸思鐸，澶州臨黃人也。 Lu Siduo was from Linhuang in Chan Prefecture.

梁、晉相拒河上，思鐸鏤其姓名於箭筈以射晉軍，而矢中莊宗馬鞍，莊宗拔矢，見思鐸姓名，奇之。 On the river he carved his name on arrow shafts and shot at Jin. One struck Zhuangzong’s saddle; Zhuangzong drew it, read Siduo’s name, and marveled.

其後滅梁，思鐸謁見，莊宗出其矢以示之，思鐸伏地請死，莊宗慰而起之，拜龍武右廂都指揮使。 After Liang fell Siduo came to court. Zhuangzong showed the arrow. Siduo kowtowed for death; Zhuangzong lifted him and made him right-wing commander of the Dragon Martial guard.

思鐸在陳州，有善政，臨終戒其子曰：「陳人愛我，我死則葬焉。」 Siduo held Chenzhou and ruled kindly. Dying, he told his son: “The people of Chen love me. When I am gone, bury me here.”