Lu Xie (盧攜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Xie was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zisheng	子升	Zǐshēng

Life and dates

Death

Cause Poison · Suicide
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 206
AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中
Did not come to a peaceful end
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83

Attested activity

AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 81, 83

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Li Ao (李翺)
nephew 甥 · maternal line · Through Mother of Lu Xie
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 192
Child of Mother of Lu Xie
mother 甥母
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 184, passage 192
Parent of Lu Yan (盧晏)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 208

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Career and standing

Grand Academician of the Hongwen Hall 弘文館大學士
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 191
Minister of Justice 刑部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 191
Minister of War 兵部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 199
Right Reminder 右拾遺
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 189
Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 191
Palace Companion at the Eastern Capital 太子賓客分司東都
Dismissed to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 198, 206

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chief minister 宰相
Formerly held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 256
chief minister restored 執政
Held again
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 259
chancellor 宰相
Held
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passages 81, 83
Chief Minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 132
Chief Hanlin Academician 翰林學士承旨
Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 189
Grand Councillor 同中書門下平章事
Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 190
Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 189
Grand Councillor 同平章事
Recalled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 200
Vice Director of the Chancery 門下侍郎
Recalled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 200
Zhedong Staff Member 浙東府
Recruited
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 188
Held
Former chief minister
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 256

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 256
At Fanyang 范陽 · Relation Ancestral origin
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 187
At Zheng 鄭 · Relation Family residence
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 187
At Luoyang 洛 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 256

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 188

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Summary recommended Song Wei, Qi Kerang, and Zeng Gun as suppression commissioners · Mode narrative-attribution Speaker Lu Xie (盧攜)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 193
Speech · Speaker · With Lu Wo (盧渥) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 257

Events and relationships

Did not come to a peaceful end
AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83
Opposed Huang Chao’s request and sought conflict that would defeat Wang Duo
Appointment policy
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 197
Replaced eastern pass generals appointed by Wang Duo and Zheng Tian
Political purge
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 201
Returned to power and appointed Tu
Political · Statesman · With Sikong Tu (司空圖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 259
Slandered An Qian
Political · Accuser · With Cui Anqian (崔安潛) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 132
Supported Gao Pian’s peace with Nanzhao
Diplomatic policy
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 198

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Relation Relied on · Person Tian Lingzi (田令孜)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 202
Relation Admirer of · Person Sikong Tu (司空圖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 256
Relation Political rival of · Person Zheng Tian (鄭畋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 192, 198
Relation Political patron of · Person Gao Pian (高駢)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 197, 202
Relation Recommender to · Person Lu Wo (盧渥)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 257
Relation Delegated affairs to · Person Yang Wen (楊溫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 203
Relation Delegated affairs to · Person Li Xiu (李脩)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 203

Assessments and attributes

Assessment did not come to a peaceful end, matching a calendrical prediction · Mode named-source-report Source Work calendrical expert of the Xiantong era 咸通中治歷者
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passages 81-83
Assessment displeased by Wang Duo’s appointment · Mode narrative-psychological-attribution
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 195
Assessment his undoing of Wang Duo and favoritism toward Gao Pian enabled the rebels to sweep west; he was an evil omen as Tang neared collapse · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 209-210
Assessment universally blamed for the military crisis · Mode collective-reputation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 204
wind paralysis, lame feet, and clouded cognition
Illness
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 203
ugly in appearance and spoke improperly
Physical and speech description
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 192

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 132; New Book of Tang 183, passage 83; New Book of Tang 194, passage 256

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 1 passage

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宰相盧攜素厚駢，乃誣以罪，罷為太子賓客，分司東都。 Chief Minister Lu Xie, who had long favored Pian, trumped up charges against An Qian and demoted him to guest of the heir apparent with duty at the Eastern Capital.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 1 passage

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後楊收、韋保衡、路巖、盧攜、劉鄴、於琮、彖與沆，皆不得終雲。 Later Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Lu She, Liu Ye, Yu Cong, Doulu Zuan, and Cui Hang—none of them came to a peaceful end, just as he had foretold.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 10 passages

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馬楊路盧 Ma, Yang, Lu, and Lu

盧攜，字子升，其先本范陽，世居鄭。 Lu Xie, courtesy name Zisheng—his ancestors were originally from Fanyang and for generations lived in Zheng.

攜姿陋而語不正，與鄭畋俱李翺甥，同位宰相，然所處議多駁。 Xie was ugly and did not speak properly; he and Zheng Tian were both Li Ao's nephews and served together as chief ministers, yet their policy views often clashed.

初，王仙芝起河南，攜表宋威、齊克讓、曾袞皆善將，為招討使。 When Wang Xianzhi rose in Henan, Xie memorialized that Song Wei, Qi Kerang, and Zeng Gun were skilled generals and should be suppression commissioners.

攜不悅。 Xie was displeased.