Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Administrator

Lu Zongyuan 盧宗原

Attested AD 1114 - AD 1125

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Zongyuan was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1125 七年九月丙子
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 96, passage 204
AD 1124 六年九月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 96, passage 199
AD 1117 政和七年四月己未
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 150
AD 1114 政和四年二月
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 134, 136

Career and standing

vice-prefect of Taiping Prefecture 太平州判官
AD 1111 to AD 1114 政和 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 134, 136

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 134
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 96, passages 199, 204
At Chi Prefecture 池州 · Relation Reported on
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 199
At Taiping Prefecture 太平州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 134, 136

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 199-202
Proposal · Author · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 134-136

Events and relationships

Dredging temporarily halted
AD 1117 政和七年四月己未 · Hydraulic · Director
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 150-151
Ordered to dredge Jiangdong ancient channel
AD 1125 七年九月丙子 · Hydraulic · Commissioner · Outcome Approved
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 204
Proposed channel into Du Lake
AD 1124 六年九月 · Hydraulic · Proposer · At Chi Prefecture 池州 · Outcome Approved
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 199-203
Requested canal and polder works
Hydraulic · Proposer · At from Jiang Prefecture to Zhen Prefecture 江州至真州
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 134-136

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 134

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Treatises 49: Rivers and Canals 6 · 5 passages

四年二月，工部言：「前太平州判官盧宗原請開修自江州至真州古來河道湮塞者凡七處，以成運河，入浙西一百五十里，可避一千六百里大江風濤之患； In the second month of the fourth year the Ministry of Works reported: "Former Taiping vice-prefect Lu Zongyuan proposed reopening seven silted ancient channels from Jiang Prefecture to Zhen Prefecture to form a transport canal 150 li into western Zhe, bypassing 1,600 li of dangerous river winds and waves;

乞依宗原任太平州判官日已興政和圩田例，召人戶自備財力興修。」 Following the polder precedent from Zongyuan's tenure in Taiping, households should be invited to supply their own funds and labor."

七年四月己未，尚書省言：「盧宗原浚江，慮成搔擾。」 On jiwei day in the fourth month of the seventh year the Secretariat reported: "Lu Zongyuan's river dredging risks causing widespread disruption."

六年九月，盧宗原復言：「池州大江，乃上流綱運所經，其東岸皆暗石，多至二十餘處； In the ninth month of the sixth year Lu Zongyuan reported again: "The great river at Chi Prefecture lies on the upstream convoy route. Its east bank is lined with hidden rocks—more than twenty sites;

七年九月丙子，又詔宗原措置開浚江東古河，白蕪湖由宣溪、溧水至鎮江，渡揚子，趨淮、汴，免六百里江行之險，並從之。 On bingzi day in the ninth month of the seventh year, Zongyuan was again ordered to open and dredge the ancient channel east of the Yangzi from Wuhu via Xuan Creek and Lishui to Zhenjiang, cross the Yangzi, and reach the Huai and Bian—bypassing six hundred li of river dangers. This too was approved.