Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Filial Son

Zhangsun Lü 長孫慮

Born c. AD 457

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhangsun Lü was a Filial Son.

Life and dates

Age

15
Reckoning Sui · As of Source Date: Text: 孝文帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 471 · End: AD 499 · Statement 今年十五
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 40

Attested activity

AD 471 to AD 499 孝文帝
Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 35, 44

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhangsun Zhen (真)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 36, 38
Child of Mother of Zhangsun Lü (長孫慮母)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 36
Sibling of Younger sister of Zhangsun Lü (女弟)
younger sister 女弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 40

Kinship Role younger sister · Count 1
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 40
Kinship Role brothers · Count 5
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 39

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 35, 44
At Dai 代
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 35
At Dai 代 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 35

Works and attributed material

Biographies of Filial Response 孝感傳
Relation Subject of · Source Work History of Wei 魏書
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 33
Biographies of Filial Conduct 孝行傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 2, 34
Petition · Author · Addressee Imperial Secretariat 尚書 · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zhangsun Lü (長孫慮)
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 38-42

Events and relationships

Offered to die in his father's place
AD 471 to AD 499 孝文帝 · Legal · Petitioner · With Zhangsun Zhen (真)
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 38, 42
Praised with fellow filial figures as transforming others without preaching
Ritual · Exemplar
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 26, 30, 32

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial son toward his father and benevolent elder brother toward his younger brothers · Mode official-judgment Source Work Imperial Secretariat memorial 尚書奏
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 43
Assessment lacked classical learning and outstanding talent, yet fully practiced love and reverence · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 26, 29

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 35
eldest among five brothers
Field birth-order
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 40

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts · 7 passages

長孫慮乞伏保孫益德董洛生楊引閻元明吳悉達王續生李顯達倉跋張升王崇郭文恭荊可秦族皇甫遐張元王頒弟頍楊慶田翼紐因劉仕俊翟普林華秋徐孝肅 Zhangsun Lü; Qifu Bao; Sun Yide; Dong Luosheng; Yang Yin; Yan Yuanming; Wu Xida; Wang Xusheng; Li Xianda; Cang Ba; Zhang Sheng; Wang Chong; Guo Wengong; Jing Ke; Qin Zu; Huangfu Xia; Zhang Yuan; Wang Ban and his younger brother Hui; Yang Qing; Tian Yi; Niu Yin; Liu Shijun; Zhai Pulü; Hua Qiu; and Xu Xiaosu.

長孫慮等闕稽古之學，無俊偉之才。 Zhangsun Lü and his fellows had no training in classical learning and no towering gifts of intellect.

案《魏書》列趙琰、長孫慮、乞伏保、孫益德、董洛生、楊引、閻元明、吳悉達、王續生、李顯達、倉跋、張升、王崇、郭文恭為《孝感傳》，《周書》列李棠、柳檜、杜叔毗、荊可、秦族、皇甫遐、張元為《孝義傳》，《隋書》列陸彥師、田德懋、薛浚、王頒、田翼、楊慶、郭世俊、紐因、劉仕俊、郎方貴、翟普林、李德饒、華秋、徐孝肅為《孝義傳》。 The History of Wei placed Zhao Yan, Zhangsun Lü, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin, Yan Yuanming, Wu Xida, Wang Xusheng, Li Xianda, Cang Ba, Zhang Sheng, Wang Chong, and Guo Wengong in its "Biographies of Filial Response"; the History of Zhou placed Li Tang, Liu Gui, Du Shupi, Jing Ke, Qin Zu, Huangfu Xia, and Zhang Yuan in its "Biographies of Filial Righteousness"; and the History of Sui placed Lu Yanshi, Tian Demao, Xue Jun, Wang Ban, Tian Yi, Yang Qing, Guo Shijun, Niu Yin, Liu Shijun, Lang Fanggui, Zhai Pulü, Li Derao, Hua Qiu, and Xu Xiaosu in its "Biographies of Filial Righteousness."

長孫慮，代人也。 Zhangsun Lü came from Dai.

慮列辭尚書云：「父母忿爭，本無餘惡，直以謬誤，一朝橫禍。 Lü submitted a petition to the Imperial Secretariat: "When parents quarrel in anger, there is no deeper malice—only a mistaken blow that brought sudden disaster in a single morning.

慮身居長，今年十五，有一女弟，向始四歲。 As the eldest son I am fifteen; I have one younger sister who has only just turned four.

尚書奏云：「慮于父為孝子，于弟為仁兄，尋情究狀，特可矜感。」 The Secretariat reported: "Toward his father Lü is a filial son; toward his brothers he is a benevolent elder sibling. Weighing the circumstances, his case is especially moving and deserving of mercy."