Overview
The translated histories identify Lu Yan as an official and statesman. This record brings together 12 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 Yan | 路巖 | Lù Yán |
| Courtesy | Luzhan | 魯瞻 | Lǔzhān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0001
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: ordered suicide · Place: Xinzhou / 新州 · Postmortem Treatment: throat cut out and submitted to authoritiesExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0170
Age
- Age: 36 · Event: became Grand Councillor · Source Date: Text: 咸通初 · Western Year: AD 860Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0152
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 咸通初 · Western Year: AD 860Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0145, xintangshu:184:s0152
Family
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- Child of Lu Qun (路群)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Grand Councillor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0152
- Label: Hanlin Academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0152
- Label: Prefect of Xinzhou / 新州刺史 · Action: demotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0167
- Label: Military Governor of Jiannan West / 劍南西川節度使 · Action: dismissed-toExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0158
- Label: Outer-Court Member of the Ministry of Revenue / 屯田員外郎 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0152
- Label: Vice Minister of War / 兵部侍郎 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0152
- Label: Concurrent Director of the Secretariat / 兼中書令 · Action: promotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0159
- Label: Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs / 尚書左仆射 · Action: promotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0153
- Label: Military Governor of Jingnan / 荊南節度使 · Action: transferredExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0167
- Title: Duke of Wei / 魏國公 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0159
- Status: held chief-ministerial power for eight yearsExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0153
- Status: stripped of office, exiled to Danzhou, and household confiscatedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0167
Places and affiliations
- Place: Guanshi in Weizhou / 魏州冠氏 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0145
- Organization: Ox-Head and A-Bang faction / 牛頭阿旁 · Relation: leader-with · Other Person Id: Wei Baoheng (韋保衡)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0156
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earnedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0151
Works and attributed material
- Kind: secret-policy-request · Role: author · Summary: allegedly proposed cutting out executed high officials’ throats to verify death · Provenance: Mode: hearsay · Speaker Person Id: Lu Yan (路巖)Uncertain · xintangshu:184:s0171, xintangshu:184:s0172
Events and relationships
- Kind: frontier-defense · Role: commander · Action: pacified the border, founded the Army to Secure the Border, repaired passes, and trained recruitsExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0158
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: recipient · Action: received the court attendance of eight Western Hill kingdomsExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0158
- Relation: entrusted-affairs-to · Person Id: Bian Xian (邊鹹)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0160
- Relation: co-ruler-then-rival-of · Person Id: Wei Baoheng (韋保衡)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0156, xintangshu:184:s0157
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: trafficked in bribes and acted extravagantly and lawlessly · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0155
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: tall and handsome with a fine beard; both temples turned white by JianglingExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0168
- Kind: youthful-ability · Statement: exceptionally clever in youthExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0151
References in the histories
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