Lu Zangyong (盧藏用)

Overview

Lu Zangyong was an official, Scholar, Calligrapher, and Diviner.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Ziqian	子潛	Zǐqián
Alternate name	hermit who follows the imperial carriage	隨駕隱士

Life and dates

Death

At Shixing 始興
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 174

Attested activity

AD 713 太平公主誅
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 172
AD 705 to AD 707 神龍中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 168
AD 701 to AD 704 長安中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 157-158

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Lu Zhengming (盧徵明)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155
Child of Lu Jing (盧敬)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 153
Sibling of Lu Ruoxu (盧若虛)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 191

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 190

Career and standing

Secretariat Aide 中書舍人
AD 705 to AD 707 神龍中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 168
Left Reminder 左拾遺
AD 701 to AD 704 長安中 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 157
magistrate of Jiyang 濟陽令
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 167
Registrar of Zha Prefecture 昭州司戶參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 174
staff recorder 管記
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 166
Vice Director of the Ministry of Works 工部侍郎
Demoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 170

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Academician of the Hall for Cultivating Literature 脩文館學士
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 169
Vice Director of the Ministry of Personnel 吏部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 169
Vice Director of the Palace Gate 黃門侍郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 169
Chief Administrator of Qian Prefecture acting as military commissioner 黔州長史，判都督事
Promoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 174
Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書右丞
Promoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 171
implicated through kin association 坐親累
Demotion · Demoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 170
reported for rebellion; no grounds found 或告謀反，推無狀
Accusation · Accused
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 173
exiled to Xin Prefecture 流新州
Exile · Exiled · Authority Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 172
exiled within the prefecture 流州
Exile · Exiled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 157, 168, 172
At Fanyang in You Prefecture 幽州范陽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 152
At Jiyang 濟陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 167
At Mount Heng and Mount Lu 衡、廬 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155
At Mount Min and Mount Emei 岷、峨 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155
At Shixing 始興 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 174

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At Xin Prefecture 新州 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 172
At Zhongnan and Shaoshi mountains 終南、少室二山 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 154
Belief Daoist breath cultivation and grain avoidance 練氣辟谷 · Relation Practitioner of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155
Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level able
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 154
Skill cursive, clerical, large and small seal, and eight-part scripts 草隸、大小篆、八分 · Level excelled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 175
Skill go 弈 · Level skilled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 175
Skill milfoil and tortoise divination and nine-palace arts 蓍龜九宮術 · Level skilled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 175

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Skill zither 琴 · Level skilled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 175

Works and attributed material

Discourse on Dispelling Stagnation 析滯論
Relation Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 183
Discourse · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 177-182
Memorial · Author · Speaker Lu Zangyong (盧藏用) · With Empress Wu (武後)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 158-164
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Sima Chengzhen (司馬承禎)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 187

Events and relationships

Earned defense merit
Military · Defender · At Jiaozhi 交趾
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 174
Impeached false officials
Political · Censor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 168
Nurtured orphans
Personal · Guardian · With Zhengu (貞固)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 184
Nurtured orphans
Personal · Guardian · With Zi'ang (子昂)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 184
Passed jinshi but received no appointment
Scholarly · Candidate
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 154
Passed top grade
Examination · Candidate
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 167

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Pointed to Zhongnan
Personal · Interlocutor · With Sima Chengzhen (司馬承禎) · At Zhongnan 終南
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 187
Remonstrated against palace building
Remonstrance · Author · With Empress Wu (武後)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 158-164
Retired to mountains with worldly ambition
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 185
Retired with brother for breath cultivation and grain avoidance
Religious · Hermit · With Lu Zhengming (盧徵明)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 155
Sided with
Political · Partisan · With Princess Taiping (太平公主)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 172
Was ashamed
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 189
Relation Friend of · Person Zhengu (貞固)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 184
Relation Friend of · Person Zi'ang (子昂)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 184
Relation Friend of · Person Chen Zi'ang (陳子昂)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 156
Relation Partisan of · Person Princess Taiping (太平公主)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 172
Relation Friend of · Person Zhao Zhengu (趙貞固)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 156

Assessments and attributes

Assessment later pursued power and profit; former integrity gone · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 186
Assessment maintained friendship to the end · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 184
Assessment many-talented; thought refined and far-reaching · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 175
Assessment words of insight · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 183

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 9 passages

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盧藏用，字子潛，幽州范陽人。 Lu Zangyong, courtesy name Ziqian, was a native of Fanyang in You Prefecture.

藏用能屬文，舉進士，不得調。 Zangyong could compose literary pieces, passed the jinshi examination, but received no appointment.

附太平公主，主誅，玄宗欲捕斬藏用，顧未執政，意解，乃流新州。 He sided with Princess Taiping; when she was executed, Xuanzong wished to capture and execute Zangyong, but seeing he had not yet held power, relented and exiled him to Xin Prefecture.

會交趾叛，藏用有捍禦勞，改昭州司戶參軍，遷黔州長史，判都督事，卒於始興。 When Jiaozhi rebelled, Zangyong earned merit in defense; he was made Registrar in Zha Prefecture, promoted to Chief Administrator of Qian Prefecture acting as military commissioner, and died at Shixing.

藏用善蓍龜九宮術，工草隸、大小篆、八分，善琴、弈，思精遠，士貴其多能。 Zangyong was skilled in divination and the nine-palace arts, excelled in cursive, clerical, seal, and eight-part scripts, played zither and go expertly, and thought with refined depth; scholars prized his many talents.

子昂、貞固前死，藏用撫其孤有恩，人稱能終始交。 After Zi'ang and Zhengu died, Zangyong nurtured their orphans with kindness, and men praised him for friendship maintained to the end.

始隱山中時，有意當世，人目為「隨駕隱士」。 When he first retired to the mountains he still aimed at public office; men called him a "hermit who follows the imperial carriage."

司馬承禎嘗召至闕下，將還山，藏用指終南曰：「此中大有嘉處。」 Sima Chengzhen was once summoned to court; as he was about to return to the mountains, Zangyong pointed to Zhongnan and said, "There are many fine places here".

藏用慚。 Zangyong was ashamed.