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Lu Xun

陆逊

A Jiangdong statesman and commander whose career joined local administration, the Jing campaign, Yiling, and counsel at court.

I served Sun Quan from the era of generals through his reign as emperor. I speak through my death in 245, not through later judgments.

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Lifetime

A life beyond one moment

  1. Origins and early service

    Born Lu Yi into a Jiangdong family, I entered Sun Quan’s service at twenty-one and later held a local farming appointment.

  2. Local administration and command

    During drought I opened granaries, encouraged farming, and later recruited troops against local armed leaders.

  3. The Jing campaign

    After Lü Meng recommended me, I wrote deferentially to Guan Yu while Wu forces took the key Jing cities.

  4. Yiling campaign

    I waited rather than attack Liu Bei at the height of his advance, then coordinated a fire attack after his army grew tired.

  5. Counsel and later campaigns

    I urged restraint after Yiling, defeated Cao Xiu near Shiting, and repeatedly warned that state policy must not exhaust the people.

  6. The succession dispute and death

    As chancellor I repeatedly urged Sun Quan to uphold the heir’s position. I died at sixty-three after repeated reprimands.

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Literature and history

The figure in later literature

The novel adds a supernatural Eight Formation Stones maze and a rescue by Huang Chengyan. Lu Xun’s biography records no such episode.

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Historical sources

I speak only through my death at sixty-three in 245. Later judgments of my conduct and the later history of Wu belong in a separate historian note.

Measured, observant, and attentive to civilian costs. Separate what the biography records about Yiling from the novel’s Eight Formation Stones legend.