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Luzhu
Concubine of Shi Chong of the Western Jin, called beautiful and a flute player in the Jin shu, who threw herself from a tower when Sun Xiu's men came for Shi Chong
On a flat rock above a waterfall, a seven-string zither and a bamboo flute lie on a spread of blue-green cloth; beyond, a waterfall pours into a churning teal pool among misty peaks, with pine branches arching at the top left.
Also known as Jingu Luzhu · Liang Luzhu
Lüzhu was a favourite concubine of Shi Chong of the Western Jin. The Book of Jin biography of Shi Chong calls her beautiful and a fine flute player. Yue Shi's Lüzhu zhuan says she was surnamed Liang, from Bobai county in Baizhou and born at the foot of Shuangjiao Mountain, and that Shi Chong obtained her with three hu of pearls while serving as inspector in Jiaozhi. The Book of Jin says that when Sima Lun, Prince of Zhao, held power, his confidant Sun Xiu sent men to Shi Chong's Golden Valley villa to ask for her; Shi Chong replied that she was the one he loved and could not be given up. Sun Xiu then framed him, and Lüzhu threw herself from the tower and died.
Life and times
Dates Died around 300, in the time of Sima Lun's power; birth year unknown