Lu Chen

Lu Chen

Lu Chen (284-351), Zi Liang, was born in Zhuozhou County, Fanyang county (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). Jin Dynasty writer, Cao Wei Sikong Lu Yu's great grandson, Western Jin Wei Wei Qing Lu Fu's grandson, Shangshu Lu Zhi's eldest son.

Qingmin had talent and thought, and was appointed as a new Taiwei. After the Yongjia rebellion, he went with his father to his uncle, Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou. On the way, he was captured by Liu can of Zhao Dynasty. He came to Bingzhou and worshipped Sikong for Zhonglang. After the fall of Bingzhou, Liu Kun went to Duan pili, the governor of Youzhou, thinking that Youzhou would not drive. After arresting Liu Kun, Duan pidui went to Duan maobo, the general of western Liaoning. Later, Zhao Shihu conquered western Liaoning and entered the court of the later Zhao Dynasty. He successively served as the Minister of Zhongshu, the son of Guozi, the Minister of Zhongshu and the supervisor of Zhongshu. In the sixth year of Yonghe (350), ran min killed Hou Zhao and established ran Wei. He thought that he was the supervisor of Zhongshu. He was killed in Xiang state. He was 67 years old.

He likes reading Laozhuang and is good at writing articles. He is the author of Jifa, Zhuangzi Zhu and ten volumes of anthology, some of which have been handed down till now.

Life of the characters

A new official career

Lu Chen Qingmin is a talented person, good at learning from Laozi and Zhuangzi, and writes well. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty chose him to marry Princess Xingyang to Lu Chen and become the Duwei of his son-in-law. Before she had time to hold a formal wedding, Princess Xingyang died. Later, the state recommended him as a scholar and appointed him as Taiwei.

Return to Kun

In the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, was captured by the Zhao army of the Han Dynasty. Lu Chen fled Luoyang with his father Lu Zhi and went to the north to take refuge with his uncle Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou. When they came to Yangyi, they were captured by Liu can of the Han Dynasty and sent him and his family to Pingyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty. The next year, when Liu Kun went out to collect his troops, Liu can captured Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou. Liu can joined the army with Lu Chen and stayed in Jinyang. Soon after, Liu Kun recaptured Jinyang under the military assistance of Tuoba Yilu. Liu can was defeated, and Lu Chen fled to Liu Kun who was transferred to Yangqu. As soon as Lu Chen left, his parents and brothers, who had been detained in Pingyang, were killed by Han leader Liu Cong.

In the third year of Jianxing (315), Liu Kun was promoted to Sikong. He took Lu Chen as the main book and later turned to Zhonglang. As Liu Kun was Lu Chen's uncle, he was very fond of him and attached great importance to the cultivation of his talents.

Zoupiri

In the fourth year of Jianxing (316), Bingzhou was lost. Lu Chen went to Jicheng with Liu Kun to take refuge with Zuoxian king of Xianbei duanbu and Duan pidui, the governor of Youzhou. PI Li and Liu Kun made a vow to each other, and Lu Chen was appointed to be the driver of Youzhou. In the first year of Taixing (318), Duan pidui put Liu Kun under house arrest in Jicheng on the ground that he had an intimate relationship with Duan maobo. Liu Kun knew that he had no hope of life, so he wrote a poem to inspire Lu Chen, and Lu Chen answered it with a poem to answer Liu Kun. However, Lu Chen didn't understand his poetry, and only responded with ordinary words, so Liu Kun wrote a poem to Lu Chen again. In May, Liu Kun was killed by Duan pidui in Jicheng.

Western Liaoning

Liu Kun was killed, which made the scholars who had been attached to Duan PI Li cold hearted and abandoned Duan PI Li one after another. At that time, Lu Chen and his cousin Cui Yue and other Jin people led Liu Kun Yuzhong westward to Lingzhi in western Liaoning to join Duan maobo, where he served Liu Qun, the son of Guangwu Shizi, as the commander in chief. Since the imperial court did not hang a memorial ceremony for Liu Kun, in 321, Duan maobo officially communicated with the envoys of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Lu Chen, Cui Yue and other Liu Kun's old colleagues filed a complaint for Liu Kun, and asked the envoys to Jiankang to take a message and submit it to the imperial court. Seeing that the content of the statement was sincere and generous, the imperial court agreed to mourn for Liu Kun and give him a posthumous title.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Lu Chen and Cui Yue were called back to Jiankang by envoys for many times. However, Duan Mo Bo cherished talents and used various excuses to keep Lu Chen and refused to let them go, which made him unable to go south to Jiankang. After the death of Mo Bo, his younger brother Duan Ya continued to stand, and later Duan Liao killed Duan ya.

Flowing into houzhao

In the fourth year of Xiankang (338), later Zhao and Murong Shau joined hands to attack Duan state, and Duan Liao fled. Liu Qun, Lu Chen and Cui Yue sealed the imperial treasury and sent envoys to the later Zhao Dynasty. Lu Chen drifted in western Liaoning for nearly 20 years. After that, he became an official of the later Zhao Dynasty and successively served as the Minister of Zhongshu, the son of the state, the sacrificial wine and the minister.

In the fifth year of Yonghe (349), Shi Hu, the later Zhao emperor, died. The scholars fought for the throne, and the country was in chaos. In the same year, Shi Jian ascended the throne and appointed Lu Chen as the supervisor of Zhongshu.

In Shi Zhao, Lu Chen and others often felt that they had a disgraceful reputation in the puppet Dynasty. Lu Chen often said to his sons, "I'm not a queen, but I call Jin Sikong zhonglanger."

Xiangguo killed

In the sixth year of Yonghe (350), ran min killed Shi Jian and established ran Wei. Lu Chen paid homage to Zhongshu supervisor in ran Wei. In November, ran min commanded 100000 cavalry troops to attack Shizhi of Xiang state, and ordered his son, Wang ranyin of Taiyuan, to be a general of Da Danyu and Hushi, and to put 1000 descending Hu under his command. Wei Chen advised ran min to kill Jiang Hu to avoid change. Ran min did not listen but killed him. In February of the seventh year of Yonghe (351), ran min surrounded Xiangguo for more than a hundred days and was unable to conquer it. Shi Zhi appealed to the Yan kings Murong and Yao Yizhong for help.

In March of the same year, Yao Xiang and Shi Kun's reinforcements came to Xiang state. Ran min believed the words of Taoist FA RAOJIN and launched an attack. As a result, he was defeated by the Shizhi alliance and fled back to Yecheng. However, Jiang Hu Li te who stayed in Ye seized the opportunity to arrest ran Yin, Zuo pushe Liu Qi, Sikong Shipu, Shang Shu Ling Xu Ji, Che Qi Hu mu, Shi Zhong Li Lin, Zhong Shu Jian Lu Chen, Shaofu Wang Yu, Shang Shu Liu Qin, Liu Xiu and other more than 100000 soldiers, and were all killed after they arrived in Xiang state. Lu Chen was exiled for most of his life and died at the age of 67.

Character evaluation

General comments: ① as a scholar, Lu Chen is also a semi rationalist. Unlike a pure bureaucrat, his sensitivity is real and his feelings are deep. The Wei and Jin Dynasties brought people an opportunity to realize their ideals or ambitions, and at the same time brought people the disaster of death. ② Since the Han and Wei dynasties, many people have annotated Zhuangzi, among which Lu Chen is the most famous. ③ Lao Zhuang's thought also influenced Lu Chen's conduct and his character, but the Confucian thought of joining the world may have a greater influence on him.

The book of Jin: first, Qingmin is rational; second, he is a famous family. He has a long history of fame and talent, which was promoted for a while.

Wen Qiao (the above table) < / I >: "Liu Qun, Cui Yue, Lu Chen and so on are all in the final wave, looking south. It is foolish to say that there is a combination of writing and thinking, which is rare among people. "

Self evaluation: Chen's temperament is short and weak. It's rare in this world. Because of its nature. Go back in silence.

personal works

Lu Chen likes to write poems, and he has many poems, such as "Shi Xing Shi", "Lan Gu Shi", "Da Wei Zi Ti Shi", "Ci Cui Wen Shi", "Da Liu Kun Shi 2", "Ci Liu Kun Shi 20", "Ci Liu Kun Shu and so on.

His other important works include Jifa, Zhuangzi Zhu and ten volumes of Anthology (SUI Shu and Tangshu jingjizhi handed down to the world), among which Zhuangzi Zhu has the most reference value for later generations. Lu Chen's notes on Zhuangzi have disappeared, and the most easily found ones are Guo qingfan's Zhuangzi Jishi and Wang Xianqian's Zhuangzi Jijie.

In addition, Lu Chen also wrote many fu works, although many of them have been lost, but from the focus of his fu works, we can see his concern for nature.

Relative members

Clansman

Great ancestor: Lu Yu, Cao Wei Sikong.

Grandfather: Lu Fu, Taishan prefect of Cao Wei, Wei Weiqing of Western Jin Dynasty.

Father: Lu Zhi, Minister of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Mother: Cui, Cui Lin's granddaughter, Liu Kun's wife and Cui's sisters.

Brother: Lu MI, Lu Shen

Son

Lu Yan became an official of Murong's family and went to Yingqiu.

After Lu Xu and Lu Chen were killed, they crossed the river and went south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

grandson

1. Lu Miao (the son of Lu Yan) < / I >, became an official of Murong family, and became an official of Fanyang.

2. Lu Gu < I > (the son of Lu Xu) < / I > was killed because his son Lu Xun failed to fight.

great-grandson

1. Lu Xuan (421-473), the son of Lu Miao, was an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty and an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty.

2. Lu Pu (Lu Xuan < / I > < I > Cong zuxiong < / I > < I >) < / I >, whose grandfather's name was unknown, caused chaos in the last years of Yongkang.

3. Lu Xun < I > (the son of Lu Gu) < / I >, in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he and sun en launched the rebellion of Lu Xun and sun en in the wuhui.

in-laws

Uncle: Liu Kun, governor of Sikong and Bingzhou.

Aunt (< I > in Jin Dynasty, it should be called < I > < I > congmu < / I >): Cui Shi, the wife of Liu Kun.

cousin

1. Wen Qiao, Liu Kun joined the army.

2. Cui Yue (Chen Biao brothers, < / I > Jin Dynasty, < I > when < / I > called brother-in-law), Liu Kun worked as Zhonglang in Sikong mansion.

Historical records

Biography of Lu Qin and biography of Zhi Zi Chen in the book of Jin

Book of Jin, Volume 17, notes of Shi Jilong

Chinese PinYin : Lu Chen