Lu Zhi (盧質) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lu Zhi as an administrator, envoy, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 16 passages from 9 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lu Zhi	盧質	Lu Zhi
Surname	Lu	盧	Lu
Personal name	Lu Zhi	盧質	Lu Zhi
Personal	Lu Zhi	盧質
Personal name	Lu Zhi	盧質	Lú Zhì
Given	Zhi	質	Zhi
Given name	Zhi	質
Given name	Zhi	質	Zhi
Personal name		質

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116, jiuwudaishi:072:s0024, jiuwudaishi:130:s0156, xinwudaishi:007:s0124
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:069:s0078, jiuwudaishi:127:s0040, jiuwudaishi:143:s0007, xinwudaishi:038:s0034
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0049

Roles

Administrator
Envoy
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 八月戊申 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0157
Source Date: Text: 丁巳 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0124
Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 917
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0058
Source Date: Text: 同光初 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:069:s0078
Source Date: Text: 同光已來 · Western Interval: Start: AD 923 · End: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0040
Source Date: Text: 天成四年八月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116
Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0024
Source Date: Text: 盧質嗜酒傲忽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 912 · End: AD 923
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:038:s0034
Source Date: Text: 盧質節制橫海 · Western Interval: Start: AD 900 · End: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:130:s0156
Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0049, jiuwudaishi:042:s0101

Career and standing

Label: Cangzhou military commissioner / 滄州節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0101
Label: Heyang military commissioner; formerly Minister of War / 河陽節度使、兵部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0049
Label: ritualist for southern suburb / 禮儀使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116
Label: chief secretary / 管書記 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0024
Label: Minister of War / 兵部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116, jiuwudaishi:143:s0157
Label: Vice Director / Pushe / 僕射 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0040

Places and affiliations

Place: Cao Prefecture / 曹州 · Relation: traveled-to
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0157

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0024

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual-mission · Role: envoy · Action: escorted-posthumous-tablet-to-cao
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0157
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Cui Guangbiao (崔光表)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:130:s0156

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: arrogant-drunkard · Provenance: Mode: narrator
Explicit · xinwudaishi:038:s0034
Assessment: flighty; failed senior demeanor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0040

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage

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甲辰，以宰臣馮道為南郊大禮使，兵部尚書盧質為禮儀使，御史中丞許光義為儀仗使，兵部侍郎姚顗為鹵簿使，河南尹從榮為橋道頓遞使，客省使、衛尉卿張遵誨為修裝法物使。 On jiachen Feng Dao became southern suburban chief ritualist; Lu Zhi of War, ritualist; Xu Guangyi, censor-in-chief, equipage master; Yao Yi of War, halberd master; Congrong of Henan, bridge and relay master; Zhang Zunhui, guest commissioner and Court of the Imperial Clan director, repair and regalia master.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 2 passages

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壬子，以兵部尚書盧質為河陽節度使。 On renzi Lu Zhi of war became Heyang commissioner.

乙卯，定州節度使李從敏移鎮州節度使，盧質為滄州節度使。 On yimao Li Congmin of Ding moved to Zhen and Lu Zhi became Cang commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 2 passages

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未幾，復以盧質代之。 Before long Lu Zhi was again made to replace him.

又云：「盧質判二日，便借官錢，皆不可任。」 He also said, "Within two days of Lu Zhi taking charge he borrowed official funds—none of them can be entrusted."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 4 passages

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管書記盧質聞之曰：「我曾見杜黃裳司空寫真圖，道之狀貌酷類焉，將來必副大用，元豹之言，不足信也。」 Chief secretary Lu Zhi heard this and said, "I once saw the portrait of Minister Du Huangshang. Feng looks remarkably like him and will surely prove fit for high office — Yuanbao's words are not to be trusted."

是時，盧質在莊宗幕下，嗜酒輕傲，嘗呼莊宗諸弟為豚犬，莊宗深銜之。 At that time Lu Zhi was on Zhuangzong's staff. He was fond of drink and lightly arrogant and once called Zhuangzong's younger brothers "pigs and dogs." Zhuangzong deeply resented it.

承業慮質被禍，因乘間謂莊宗曰：「盧質多行無禮，臣請為大王殺之，可乎？」 Chengye feared that Zhi would come to harm and, seizing an opportunity, said to Zhuangzong, "Lu Zhi repeatedly behaves without propriety. Your servant asks to kill him for the Great King — may I?"

其後盧質雖成縱誕，莊宗終能容之，蓋承業為之藻藉也。 Thereafter, although Lu Zhi grew increasingly unrestrained, Zhuangzong was ultimately able to tolerate him — largely because Chengye had given him cover.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 1 passage

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同光已來，李琪、盧質繼為僕射，質性輕脫，不能守師長之體，故昭序輕言。 Since Tongguang, Li Qi and Lu Zhi had held the post; Zhi was flighty and failed the senior's demeanor, which emboldened Zhaoxu.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 130Volume 130 Book of Later Zhou 32: Biographies 10: Wang Jun, Murong Yanchao, Yan Honglu, Cui Zhoudu · 1 passage

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崔周度者，父光表，舉進士甲科，盧質節制橫海，辟為支使。 Cui Zhoudu's father Guangbiao passed the jinshi examination in the top class. When Lu Zhi was military commissioner of Heng-hai he recruited him as branch commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 1 passage

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禮畢，冊使兵部尚書盧質押冊出應天門登車，鹵簿鼓吹前導，入都亭驛，翌日，登車赴曹州。 When the rite concluded, enregistration envoy Minister of War Lu Zhi escorted the tablet out through the Gate of Responding to Heaven and mounted his carriage; armed escort and music led the way to the Capital Pavilion Post Station, and the next day he proceeded to Cao Prefecture.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 1 passage

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丁巳，馮道為大行皇帝山陵使，戶部尚書韓彥惲為副，中書舍人王延為判官，禮部尚書王權為禮儀使，兵部尚書李鏻為鹵簿使，御史中丞龍敏為儀仗使，左僕射權判河南府盧質為橋道頓遞使。 On dingsi, Feng Dao was appointed commissioner for the late emperor’s mausoleum, with Minister of Revenue Han Yanyun as deputy. Wang Yan served as administrative judge, Wang Quan oversaw the rites, Li Lin the procession, Long Min the honor guard, and Lu Zhi the bridges, roads, lodging, and relays.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan · 3 passages

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盧質嗜酒傲忽，自莊宗及諸公子多見侮慢，莊宗深嫉之。 Lu Zhi drank hard and treated everyone with contempt; Zhuangzong and the princes smarted under it, and the emperor hated him for it.

承業乘間請曰：「盧質嗜酒無禮，臣請為王殺之。」 Chengye seized a moment: “Lu Zhi is drunk and insolent—let me kill him for you.”

質因此獲免。 Lu Zhi was spared.