Lu Wensui (呂文燧) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lu Wensui as an envoy, military officer, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lu Wensui	呂文燧	Lu Wensui
Courtesy	Yongming	用明	Yongming

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Envoy
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: illness on mission · Place: Xinghua / 興化
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1351 · End: AD 1368
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Source Date: Text: 太祖定婺 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Career and standing

Label: left vice commander of Yongkang garrison / 永康翼左副元帥 · Action: appointed
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Label: prefect of Jiaxing / 知嘉興 · Action: appointed
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Label: prefect of Luzhou / 知廬州府 · Action: appointed
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Places and affiliations

Label: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
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Place: Yongkang / 永康
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-bandits
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Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended · Place: Jiaxing / 嘉興
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to · Place: Java / 阇婆國
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: honest and trustworthy · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋)
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References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 8 passages

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〈（王興宗呂文燧王興福蘇恭讓趙庭蘭）〉 (Wang Xingzong, Lu Wensui, Wang Xingfu, Su Gongrang, and Zhao Tinglan appended)

同時有呂文燧，字用明，永康人。 At the same time there was Lu Wensui, whose style was Yongming, from Yongkang.

元末盜起，文燧散家財，募壯士得三千人，與盜連戰，破走之。 When banditry erupted at the end of the Yuan, Wensui spent his family fortune to raise three thousand fighting men, battled the raiders again and again, and drove them off.

太祖定婺，置永康翼，以文燧為左副元帥兼知縣事。 After the Emperor pacified Wu, he established the Yongkang garrison and made Wensui left vice commander while also serving as acting magistrate.

松江民作亂，寇嘉興，文燧柵內署，帥壯士拒守。 When the people of Songjiang rebelled and attacked Jiaxing, Wensui fortified the inner government compound and led his men in defense.

文燧曰：「作亂者賊也，民何罪？」 Wensui said, "The rebels are guilty, not the people. What crime have the common folk committed?"

明年，嘉興佐貳以下坐鹽法死者數十人，有司以文燧嘗署名公牘，請籍其家。 The following year dozens of Jiaxing's subordinate officials were executed over salt-law violations. Because Wensui had once signed official documents, the authorities asked to confiscate his family's property.

帝曰：「文燧誠信，必不為奸利，且沒於使事，可念也，勿籍。」 The Emperor said, "Wensui was honest and trustworthy and would never have sought illicit gain. He died on a mission abroad, which is reason enough for pity. Do not confiscate his estate."