Overview
Lu Yan was an official and Statesman.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Luzhan | 魯瞻 | Lǔzhān |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 860 to AD 873 咸通Cause Punished by deathDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44
- AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中Did not come to a peaceful endDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83
- Ordered suicide · At Xinzhou 新州 · Postmortem Treatment throat cut out and submitted to authoritiesDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 170
Age
- 36AD 860 咸通初 · Event became Grand CouncillorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 152
Attested activity
- AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 81, 83
- AD 860 to AD 873 咸通中得罪死Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44
- AD 860 咸通初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 184, passages 145, 152
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Lu Qun (路群)father 父Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 146
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Grand Councillor 同中書門下平章事AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 152
- Hanlin Academician 翰林學士AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 152
- Prefect of Xinzhou 新州刺史DemotedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 167
- Military Governor of Jiannan West 劍南西川節度使Dismissed toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 158
- chancellor 宰相HeldStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passages 81, 83
- Outer-Court Member of the Ministry of Revenue 屯田員外郎HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 152
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- Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 152
- Concurrent Director of the Secretariat 兼中書令PromotedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 159
- Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左仆射PromotedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 153
- Military Governor of Jingnan 荊南節度使TransferredDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 167
- Duke of Wei 魏國公EnfeoffedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 159
- Held chief ministerial power for eight yearsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 153
- Stripped of office, exiled to Danzhou, and household confiscatedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 167
- Condemned to death · Reason faction and briberyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 183; New Book of Tang 183, passage 44
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83
- At Guanshi in Weizhou 魏州冠氏 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 145
- Organization Ox-Head and A-Bang faction 牛頭阿旁 · Relation Leader with · With Wei Baoheng (韋保衡)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 156
Learning and skills
- EarnedCredential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 151
Works and attributed material
- Secret policy request · Author · Summary allegedly proposed cutting out executed high officials’ throats to verify death · Mode hearsay Speaker Lu Yan (路巖)Uncertain · New Book of Tang 184, passages 171-172
Events and relationships
- Did not come to a peaceful endAD 860 to AD 874 咸通中 · Political · SubjectDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 83
- Further demoted and sought to kill Liu ZhanDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passages 185, 187
- Pacified the border, founded the Army to Secure the Border, repaired passes, and trained recruitsFrontier defense · CommanderDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 158
- Received the court attendance of eight Western Hill kingdomsDiplomatic · RecipientDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 158
- Slandered Liu ZhanDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 183
- Relation Ally of · Person Wei Baoheng (韋保衡)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 183
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- Relation Co ruler then rival of · Person Wei Baoheng (韋保衡)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 156-157
- Relation Political ally of · Person Liu Ye (劉鄴)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 73
- Relation Entrusted affairs to · Person Bian Xian (邊鹹)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 160
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 trafficked in bribes and acted extravagantly and lawlessly · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 155
- tall and handsome with a fine beard; both temples turned white by JianglingPhysical descriptionDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 168
- exceptionally clever in youthYouthful abilityDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 151
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passages 44, 83
References in the histories
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