Lü Yin 呂諲

Other names

Family

• Kin of Chu Bin (楚賓)
  wife's father 妻之父
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 182
• Spouse of Wife of Yin (諲妻)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 182

Career and standing

• chief administrator of Jingzhou and military commissioner of Li, Lang, Xia, Zhong and the fifth prefecture 荊州長史、澧朗峽忠等五州節度使
  AD 760 to AD 762 數月 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 140, passage 185
• prefect of Jiangling 江陵尹
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 187
• vice director patronage / in-law appointment 引妻之父為官
  Appointed · With Chu Bin (楚賓)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 182
• guest of the heir apparent 太子賓客
  Demoted
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 184
• chancellor 相
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passages 197, 201
• Su 肅
  Posthumous title confirmed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passages 206, 220

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passages 184, 187, 203
• At Hexi 河西 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 196
• At Jiangling 江陵 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 187
• At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passages 185-187
• Organization Ever-Peace Army 永平軍 · Relation Commanded
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 187

Works and attributed material

• Pleaded the case against Kui
  Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 199
• Memorial · Author · With Ma Shangyan (馬尚言)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 183

Events and relationships

• Ambushed and killed
  Military · Commander · With Chen Xi'ang (陳希昂) · At Jiangling 江陵
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 188
• Established ten thousand man army to block Wu Shu route
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 187
• Executed several dozen partisans and piled corpses at gate
  Legal · Executioner · With Chen Xi'ang (陳希昂)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 188
• Knew generals capacity in Hexi and later staffed guard with able men
  Military · Administrator
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 196
• Ordered to try the case
  Legal · Investigator
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 191
• People built shrine; after death officials moved it west of the prefectural seat
  Ritual · Honoree
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 204

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment as Jingzhou prefect, orders clear and levies even-handed · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 201
• Assessment did not fuss over small matters; firm and unyielding in great affairs · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 195
• Assessment known for good governance after dismissal from chancellorship · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 197
• Assessment most renowned among dozens of frontier commanders since Zhide · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 203
• Assessment not regarded as fit for the chancellorship at court · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 201
• Assessment rule based on prestige and trust; soldiers obedient; no bandits; people sang praises · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 202