Lu Zhi (盧質) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Zhi was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zizheng	子徵	Zizheng
Posthumous name	Wenzhong	文忠

Life and dates

Death

AD 936 to AD 942 晉高祖時
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 72

Age

76
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 72

Attested activity

AD 925 同光三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 57
AD 926 天成元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 233
AD 929 天成四年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 60

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lu Wang (盧望)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 223
Child of Mother of Lu Zhi (盧質母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 225

Career and standing

Military Commissioner of the Kuangguo Army 匡國軍節度使
AD 926 天成元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 233
Hedong Military Governorship Secretary 河東節度掌書記
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 226
Secretary 祕書郎
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 225
Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent 太子太師
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 72

Places and affiliations

At Henan 河南
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 222

References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 56Volume 56 Miscellaneous Biographies 36: He Ning, Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, Lu Zhi, Lü Qi, Xue Rong, He Ze, Wang Quan, Shi Gui, Long Min · 14 passages

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質乃建議立廟追謚，謚曰昭宣光烈孝皇帝，廟號景宗。 Lu Zhi then proposed establishing a temple and conferring a posthumous title: Zhaoxuan Guanglie Xiao Emperor, with the temple name Jingzong.

天成四年八月戍申，明宗禦文明殿，遣質奉冊立廟於曹州。 On day wushen of the eighth month in the fourth year of Tiancheng, Emperor Mingzong held court at the Hall of Civilizing Splendor and sent Lu Zhi to carry the patent and establish the temple at Cao Prefecture.

共以此非質，大臣亦知其不可，乃奏去廟號。 All blamed Zhi for this. The senior ministers also knew it was wrong, and they memorialized to remove the temple name.

盧質字子徵，河南人也。 Lu Zhi, whose courtesy name was Zizheng, came from Henan.

質幼聰惠，善屬文。 As a boy, Zhi was clever and skilled at writing.

質與張承業等定議立莊宗為嗣。 Zhi joined Zhang Chengye and others in resolving to install Zhuangzong as heir.

莊宗將即位，以質為大禮使，拜行臺禮部尚書。 When Zhuangzong was about to take the throne, he made Zhi director of the great rites and appointed him minister of rites of the mobile administration.

莊宗即位，欲以質為相。 When Zhuangzong took the throne he wished to make Zhi chancellor.

質性疎逸，不欲任責，因固辭不受。 Zhi was by nature casual and easygoing and did not wish to bear heavy responsibility, so he firmly declined.

秦王從榮坐謀反誅，質以右僕射權知河南府事。 When the Prince of Qin Congrong was executed for plotting rebellion, Lu Zhi, as right vice director of the Secretariat, was appointed acting prefect of Henan.

乃使質與玫等共議配率，而貧富不均，怨訟並起，囚系滿獄。 Lu Zhi and Wang Mei were then tasked with devising proportional levies, but the burden fell unevenly on rich and poor. Complaints and lawsuits multiplied, and the prisons filled.

廢帝患之，乃命質等借民屋課五月，由是民大咨怨。 Emperor Fei, vexed by this, ordered Lu Zhi and the others to levy five months' house rent on the people, provoking widespread outrage.

晉高祖入立，質以疾分司西京，拜太子太保。 When Gaozu of Jin took the throne, Lu Zhi, citing illness, served at the Western Capital branch office and was appointed grand preceptor of the heir apparent.

卒，年七十六，贈太子太師，謚曰文忠。 He died at seventy-six. He was posthumously granted grand preceptor of the heir apparent and given the posthumous name Wenzhong.