Lu Guangzu

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AliasesCBDB

• 五臺 室名、別號
• 五臺居士 室名、別號
• 十 行第
• 與繩 字
• 莊簡 諡號

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• [為官者：文]
• 以疾廢

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ExaminationsCBDB

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1. [1] Life dates and identity Lu Guangzu lived from 1521 to 1597 and was a political official of the Ming period.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The main person record gives the name Lu Guangzu, birth year 1521, and dynasty Ming; it does not supply a death year.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)Two biographical entries give Lu Guangzu's dates as 1521–1597 and describe his Ming official career.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸光祖 (A004257)The authority record names him Lu Guangzu, places his birth in 1521–1522 and his death in 1597, and identifies the dynasty as Ming.
   • WikidataLu Guangzu (Q16076626)The item is labelled Lu Guangzu and describes him as a politician, with the Chinese description identifying him as a Ming political figure and Buddhist.
2. [2] Names and native place Lu Guangzu's courtesy name was Yusheng, his sobriquet was Wutai, he was also known as Wutai Jushi, and he came from Pinghu in Jiaxing Prefecture.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The name records give Wutai, Wutai Jushi, and Yusheng, while the basic native-place record gives Pinghu.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical entries consistently give the courtesy name Yusheng, the sobriquet Wutai, and Pinghu in Zhejiang or Jiaxing Prefecture.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸光祖 (A004257)The authority record includes the aliases 陸與繩 and 五台居士 and identifies the birthplace as Pinghu.
   • WikidataLu Guangzu (Q16076626)The traditional-name entries include Wutai, Wutai Jushi, and Yusheng in Chinese form.
3. [3] Ancestral origin His ancestral origin was Wuxian, Suzhou, in Zhili.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical entry explicitly gives his ancestral origin as Wuxian in Suzhou, Zhili.
4. [4] Family His father was 陸杲, his great-grandfather 陸鋹, his grandfather 陸淞, and his mother Shen; the same family record names five younger brothers, his wife Tao, two sons, and his grandson 陸灝.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The kinship entries identify 陸鋹, 陸淞, 陸杲, Shen, five younger brothers, his wife Tao, two sons, and his grandson 陸灝.
5. [5] Examinations At seventeen he and his father passed the Dingyou Shuntian examination; in 1547 he passed the Dingwei jinshi examination and ranked 194th in the third class.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical entry gives the 1537 Dingyou Shuntian examination at age seventeen with his father and the 1547 Dingwei jinshi examination.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The examination entries classify him as a jinshi, give the rank as third class, 194th place, and also record the provincial-degree status.
6. [6] County magistracy He began as magistrate of 浚縣, enforced the law against abuses by two princely households, cleared 陸楠 of a capital charge, and left after four years with a reputation for good administration and popular support.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical accounts describe his administration in 浚縣, the cases involving the princely households and 陸楠, the four-year term, and the people's farewell.
7. [7] Rites and Personnel career He rose from the Rites Ministry's Office of Sacrificial Worship to langzhong, served in the Personnel Ministry, dismissed officials without yielding to requests, and was removed after an impeachment for arbitrary conduct.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographies give his 1553 appointment in the Rites Ministry, later Personnel Ministry service, and removal after an accusation of acting arbitrarily.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The office entries list the Rites Ministry posts and the Personnel Ministry offices of Selection Verification and Merit Assessment.
8. [8] Reinstatement At his departure he defended independent and impartial administration to Sun Piyang; Sun then impeached himself for misspeaking, recommended him, and brought about his reinstatement.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical account preserves the exchange at his departure and records Sun Piyang's self-impeachment, recommendation, and Lu's reinstatement.
9. [9] Zhang Juzheng and resignation After reinstatement he held several court and ministerial posts, remained independent of his fellow examination candidate Zhang Juzheng, remonstrated over Zhang's interruption of mourning, and resigned after their disagreement over grain transport.
   • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographies describe his successive court posts, his vice-ministerial office, his independent relationship with fellow examinee Zhang Juzheng, his remonstrance over mourning, and his resignation after the grain-transport dispute.
   • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The office and association entries list the court and ministerial posts and identify Zhang Juzheng as a fellow examination-year friend.
10. [10] Later offices and retirement After Zhang's death Lu returned to office, argued that Zhang's assistance to the emperor could not be erased, was demoted for refusing the majority view, later became a senior judicial and personnel official, conducted the 1592 capital review, and retired in March because of age and illness.
    • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographies record his recall after Zhang's death, his defence of Zhang's meritorious assistance, the resulting demotion, his later senior offices, the 1587 and 1592 appointments, the capital review, and retirement in March 1592.
    • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The office entries include the posts of Minister of Works, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Personnel, confirming the senior offices of his later career.
11. [11] Personnel administration As head of the Personnel Ministry, Lu reorganized personnel administration, refused palace-eunuch requests, selected twenty-one upright officials including Xu Fuyuan and Gu Xiancheng, and defended the collective-recommendation system against direct appointments.
    • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical account describes his reform of personnel administration, refusal of palace requests, selection of twenty-one upright men, and appeal to ancestral institutions to preserve collective recommendation.
12. [12] Public principle Although Zhao Yongxian and Shen Sixiao had insulted him in court, Lu did not retaliate; they later praised his forbearance and public-minded judgment, and the account says that he settled major state deliberations with a single statement.
    • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical account records the court insults, Lu's lack of retaliation, the later praise by both men, and the assessment of his role across three reigns.
13. [13] Buddhist activities Lu devoted himself to Buddhist teachings, worked with his brother 光宅 to invite Yian Tong, sponsored Buddhist printing and temple restoration, associated with Zibo, and helped print the Jiaxing Canon.
    • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical entry identifies him as a Buddhist layman and summarizes his assistance with Buddhist texts.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸光祖 (A004257)The authority note details his devotion to Buddhism, invitation of Yian Tong with his brother 光宅, stupa inscription, printing of the Wudeng Huiyuan, restoration of the Yuwang relic hall, and collaboration with Zibo on a square-format canon.
    • WikidataLu Guangzu (Q16076626)The item describes him as a Buddhist and states that he helped print the Wudeng Huiyuan and the Jiaxing Canon.
14. [14] Work and posthumous title His surviving work includes the Posthumous Drafts of Lu Zhuangjian; he died in 1597 and received the posthumous title Zhuangjian.
    • Souyun陸光祖 (51131)The biographical entries name the Posthumous Drafts of Lu Zhuangjian and give his death in 1597 with the posthumous title Zhuangjian.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸光祖 (A004257)The authority record includes 陸莊簡 as an alias and states that his posthumous title was 莊簡.
    • CBDBLu Guangzu (33828)The name record classifies 莊簡 as a posthumous title.