Five Dynasties · Jin envoy to Min

Lu Sun 盧損

Lú Sǔn

Attested AD 937

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Sun was a Jin envoy to Min.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 937 天福二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103

Career and standing

Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry 散騎常侍
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 6 passages

晉天福二年，昶遣使朝貢京師，高祖遣散騎常侍盧損冊昶閩王，拜其子繼恭臨海郡王。 In the second year of Tianfu, Chang sent tribute envoys to the Jin capital. Emperor Gaozu dispatched Lu Sun, Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry, to invest Chang as King of Min and appoint his son Jigong Prince of Linhai.

損至閩，昶稱疾不見，令繼恭主之。 When Sun arrived in Min, Chang pleaded illness and refused an audience, leaving Jigong to receive him.

又遣中書舍人劉乙勞損於館，乙衣冠偉然，騶僮甚盛。 He also sent Secretariat Drafter Liu Yi to entertain Sun at the guesthouse. Yi appeared in magnificent dress with an imposing retinue of grooms and servants.

他日損遇乙於途，布衣芒屩而已，損使人誚之曰：「鳳閣舍人，何偪下之甚也！」 Another day Sun met Yi on the road dressed in plain cloth and straw sandals. Sun sent a man to taunt him: "Phoenix Pavilion drafter, how far you have lowered yourself!"

昶聞之，怒損侵辱之，損還，昶無所答。 Chang was furious that Sun had humiliated his envoy. Sun returned home, and Chang offered no response to the court.

而其子繼恭遣其佐鄭元弼隨損至京師貢方物，致書晉大臣，述昶意求以敵國禮相往來。 Meanwhile his son Jigong sent aide Zheng Yuanbi to accompany Sun to the capital with tribute goods and a letter to Jin ministers asking that Min and Jin exchange embassies as equal states.