Fanyang Lu family

The Lu family of Fanyang came from the Jiang family and was descended from Qi State. He was given the surname Lu because of his fief Luyi. A doctor of Qin, Lu Ao, moved to Zhuoshui (now Zhuozhou), and settled in Zhuodi, and took Fanyang as the county. Later generations became known as the native of Fanyang.

Table of contents

1 Introduction

2 History

3 Introduction to the ancestors

1 Introduction

The ancestor Lu Zhi was famous for Confucianism in the Eastern Han Dynasty and founded its foundation. Lu Yu of the Three Kingdoms reached the Sikong of Cao Wei. Later, Lu Qin, Lu Qi, Lu Zhi, and Lu Chenlei served as high-ranking officials. When Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Lu Xuan "responded to the order" and entered the court. The Lu family became a first-class high-ranking party in the north. The Northern Wei Dynasty established a first-class surname [Wang Cui, Lu Li Zheng] (these five surnames only refer to the north, not the whole country), passed through the Western Wei to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then from the Sui to the Tang Dynasty, it declined and basically disappeared from the Five Dynasties.

After the split of the Northern Wei Dynasty, wars remained frequent and political turmoil. The Lu family in Fanyang was hit and his official positions were not obvious. Some members entered the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Li Tang regime attacked the Shandong geniuses. The Lu family in Fanyang fell temporarily silent until the mid-Tang Dynasty rose again. Eight members of the Lu family of Fanyang became prime ministers and entered the Political Affairs Hall to discuss matters. In terms of marriage, the Lu family of Fanyang focused on family marriages, and the marriage circle was roughly stable in the Cui family of Qinghe, Zheng family of Xingyang, Li family of Zhaojun, and Li family of Longxi. In the Tang Dynasty, the Wang family of Taiyuan and Cui family of Boling were added. During the Northern Wei and Northern Qi period, there were frequent intermarriages with the royal family, while there was no intermarriage with the royal family during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In terms of culture, the Lu family of Fanyang was inherited from Confucianism, especially the Lu Zhi lineage.

2 History

In 385 BC, Tian He was expelled from Qi, Lu and Gao Er clans in Changqing County, Shandong Province, and scattered between Yan and Qin. The main branch was to live in Fanyang. During the reign of Qin Shihuang, the Lu family of Fanyang had the famous Five Classics Doctor Lu Ao and the Ph.D. Astronomy Doctor Lu Sheng. In the early Western Han Dynasty, there was the King of Yan Lu Wan, and the great scholar Lu Zhi, who was respected as "the role model of scholars and the Zhenhan of the country" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (Lu Zhi's former residence was in Lujiachang, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province), both of which were from Fanyang. As well as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Lu Zhi, Lu Chen, Lu Yan, Lu Miao, Lu Xuan, etc., all of them were officials and scholarly families. From Lu Xuan to his great-grandson, a family of hundreds of families lived together, and was famous for being a officials and recorded in history and biography. There were 18 people who were famous for their official careers. The sons of the imperial clan wanted to find Lu Shicheng

Dear, it is known in history as "Fanyang Lu family, three princesses in one family." The imperial family also wanted to take the daughter of the Lu family of Fanyang as the imperial concubine. The historian family said that "I look out of Fanyang and the top clan in the northern province". It was particularly outstanding in the Tang Dynasty. Not only were the top scholars, Jinshi, imperial teachers, and great talents, there were "Eight Majors to Assist the Tang Dynasty", Lu Zhaolin of the "Four Talents of the Dali" and so on. From the late Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty for more than 600 years, there were many famous Lu family members recorded in official history. The Lu family of Fanyang has produced many virtuous people, brilliant achievements, and rich literary talents. Emperor Qianlong also wrote: "Since ancient times, the unparalleled land of Youyan, the world's No. 1 state of Fanyang". The Fanyang prominent family has become the glory of the Lu family for hundreds of years, so the Lu family is also named "Fanyangtang".

3 Introduction to the ancestors

The Lu family was praised in the world, starting from Lu Zhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (121-192 AD). He praised history as a famous politician, military strategist, classicist, educator, and writer. He set the forefront of the Lu family culture in Fanyang. He was respected as the ancestor of the Lu family and the ancestor of the Lu family of Fanyang. He was one of the 28 great scholars who were worthy of the Confucius Temple in history. It is said that he was also Liu Bei's teacher. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Lu Zhi" records: "When the wind and frost distinguish the nature of plants and trees, and the chaotic nature of the chastity and good fortune can be seen, then the heart of Lu Gong can be known."

In the 12th year of Jian'an (2o7 AD), Cao Cao's army marched northward and passed by Zhuo County. He specially made a name for Lu Zhi to report to the local ruling: Lu Zhi, the general of the Northern Central Army, "whose famous works are from home, and he is a model of Confucian scholars, and the country's Zhen Gan". Lu Zhi was a pillar of the social turmoil. The people of Confucian scholars had a wide influence on his knowledge, courage, merits and moral character, and was recognized by the world. Therefore, it laid the foundation for Lu's later use as the "Northern State Crown Family" and "Fanyang County". "Old Book of Tang: Lu" stated: "Since the Yuan and Wei Yuan, the crown was quite strong."

Lu Zhi and his descendants accumulated academic achievements and moral character in the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, became the basis of reputation and spiritual driving force for the descendants of the Lu family to flourish for more than a thousand years. "The Lu family of Fanyang was born in the family by surname" and "accumulating the genres of the generation", and many celebrities emerged. They have achieved remarkable achievements in the three major cultural fields of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. For example, Lu Qin, Lu Chen, Lu Jingyu, Lu Yanqing, Lu Sidao, etc., Lu Xun, the leader of the peasant uprising army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Lu Bian, the famous minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Lu Zhaolin, one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, Lu Lu Lun, one of the "Ten Talents of the Dali", Lu Lu Lun, the founder of the sinicization of Buddhism, who was respected by Europe as one of the ten world's top thinkers, Huineng, the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Tong and Lu Xiangsheng; Lu Kun, the famous generals of the Qing Dynasty, and Lu Yinbo, the military ministers of Lu Yinbo, all of them came from the "Fanyang Lu family".
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