Lu Wenji (盧文紀) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Wenji was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zichi	子持	Zichi

Life and dates

Death

AD 954 卒，年七十六
Age Value: 76 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 58

Age

Value: 76 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 58

Attested activity

AD 915 事梁
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 26
AD 954 卒年七十六
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 58
AD 951 周太祖入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 57
AD 926 唐明宗時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 27, 33
AD 934 廢帝入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 47-48
AD 936 晉高祖入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 53, 56

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Lu Jianqiu (盧簡求)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 25
Child of Lu Siye (盧嗣業)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 25

Career and standing

minister of works 司空
AD 951 周太祖入立 · Appointed at home
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 57
vice director of the Secretariat and grand councilor 中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事
AD 934 廢帝入立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 48
military adjutant of Shizhou 石州司馬
AD 930 文紀坐貶 · Demoted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 43
academician of the Hall for Assembling the Worthy 集賢殿學士
AD 915 事梁 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 26
vice minister of justice 刑部侍郎
AD 915 事梁 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 26
censor-in-chief 御史中丞
AD 926 唐明宗時 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 27

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grand preceptor of the heir apparent 太子太師
AD 936 晉高祖 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 56
director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 44
director of the Palace Library 秘書監
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 44
minister of works 工部尚書
AD 928 歲餘 · Promoted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 41
minister of personnel 吏部尚書
AD 936 晉高祖入立 · Transferred to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 56
minister of education 司徒
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 58
Entered
Retired
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 56

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 26

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 26

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 31

Events and relationships

Forced circuit officers to formal audience
AD 926 唐明宗時 · Ritual · Censor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 33, 39
Mission to Shu via Fengxiang
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 45-46
Selected by lot from glass jar
AD 934 廢帝 · Political · Chancellor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 48
Urged hold bridge at Heyang
AD 936 廢帝北征 · Military counsel · Advisor · With Deposed Emperor (廢帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 55
Relation Rival of · Person Cui Xie (崔協)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 42

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 18 passages

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盧文紀，字子持，其祖簡求，為唐太原節度使，父嗣業，官至右補闕。 Lu Wenji, courtesy name Zichi, came from a line whose grandfather Jianqiu had been Tang military commissioner of Taiyuan and whose father Siye had risen to right remonstrator.

文紀舉進士，事梁為刑部侍郎、集賢殿學士。 Wenji passed the jinshi examination and served Later Liang as vice minister of justice and academician of the Hall for Assembling the Worthy.

初上事，百官臺參，吏白諸道進奏官賀，文紀問：「當如何？」 On his first day in office, the officials attended the censorate audience. A clerk reported that the memorial-presenting officers from the circuits had come to offer congratulations. Wenji asked: "How should this be handled?"

文紀曰：「吾雖德薄，敢隳舊制？」 Wenji said, "However slight my standing, how dare I tear down the old order?"

進奏官奮臂喧然欲去，不得已入見，文紀據床端笏，臺吏通名贊拜，既出，恚怒不自勝，訴於樞密使安重誨。 The memorial-presenting officers erupted in protest and tried to leave, but had no choice except to come in. Wenji sat formal on the couch with his tablet raised while censorate clerks announced names and directed the bows. Once outside they were beside themselves with fury and appealed to the commissioner of military affairs, An Chonghui.

文紀又請悉復中外官校考法，將相天子自書之，詔雖施行，而官卒不考。 Wenji also asked that the annual evaluation system for all officials be fully restored, with the emperor personally writing the reviews of generals and ministers. An edict was issued, but in the end the evaluations were never carried out.

文紀素與宰相崔協有隙，協除工部郎中於鄴，文紀以鄴與其父名同音，大怒，鄴赴省參上，文紀不見之，因請連假。 Wenji had long been at odds with Chancellor Cui Xie. When Xie appointed Yu Ye as a director in the Ministry of Works, Wenji flew into a rage because Ye was homophonous with his father's name. When Ye came to the ministry for his induction audience, Wenji refused to receive him and took an extended leave.

已而鄴奉使未行，文紀即出視事，鄴因醉忿自經死，文紀坐貶石州司馬。 Before Ye could depart on a mission he was assigned, Wenji returned to his desk. Ye, drunk and enraged, hanged himself. Wenji was demoted to military adjutant of Shizhou.

時廢帝為鳳翔節度使，文紀為人形貌魁偉、語音瑯然，廢帝奇之。 Emperor Fei was then military commissioner of Fengxiang. Wenji was tall and imposing, with a ringing voice, and the future emperor was struck by him.

後廢帝入立，欲擇宰相，問於左右，左右皆言：「文紀及姚顗有人望。」 After Emperor Fei entered and took the throne, he wanted to choose a chancellor and asked his attendants. The attendants all said: "Wenji and Yao Yi have public esteem."

廢帝因悉書清望官姓名內琉璃瓶中，夜焚香祝天，以箸挾之，首得文紀，欣然相之，乃拜中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。 The emperor wrote the names of every eminent official into a glass jar, burned incense that night and prayed to Heaven, then drew a name with chopsticks. Wenji's came out first. Delighted, he appointed him vice director of the Secretariat and grand councilor.