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Lu Zhao
Liang official from Wu county, courtesy name Dongyuan, who was record keeper to Xiao Gang as Prince of Jin'an, later chief gentleman of the crown prince, and helped compile the Fabao Lianbi.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Zi Dongyuan
Lu Zhao, courtesy name Dongyuan, came from Wu county in Wujun (modern Suzhou), and his father was Lu Gao. Studious from youth and a fine writer, he served Xiao Gang, then Prince of Jin'an, as record-keeping adjutant and wrote the preface to the prince's collected works; when Xiao Gang became crown prince he was made chief gentleman of the crown prince's household and took part in compiling the Buddhist compendium Fabao Lianbi, finished in 534. In 541 he asked to leave office to care for his aged mother and Xiao Gang gave him fifty jin of gold; after her death he rose to Minister of the Imperial Household. The Yutai Xinyong preserves his poem 'Lament of the Boudoir'.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active c. 534–541, when he asked leave to care for his aged mother