Gong Lu
Gong Lu (195–225), courtesy name Dexu, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China.[2]
Gong Lu | |
|---|---|
龔祿 | |
| Administrator of Yuexi/Yuesui (越嶲太守) | |
| In office 225 – 225 | |
| Monarch | Liu Shan |
| Chancellor | Zhuge Liang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 195[1] Nanchong, Sichuan |
| Died | 225 (aged 30)[1] southern Sichuan |
| Relations | Gong Heng (brother) |
| Father | Gong Chen |
| Occupation | Official |
| Courtesy name | Dexu (德緒) |
Life
Gong Lu was from Anhan County (安漢縣), Baxi Commandery (巴西郡), which is present-day Nanchong, Sichuan.[3] His father, Gong Chen (龔諶), served as an Officer of Merit (功曹) in Baxi Commandery. Between 211 and 214,[4] the warlord Liu Bei attacked Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing) in his bid to seize control of the province from Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province. During this time, Gong Chen surrendered to Zhang Fei, a general under Liu Bei, and assisted Zhang Fei in capturing Baxi Commandery for Liu Bei.[5][6]
In 214,[7] after Liu Bei successfully took over Yi Province and became the new Governor, he appointed Gong Lu's father, Gong Chen, as the Administrator (太守) of Qianwei Commandery (犍為郡; around present-day Meishan, Sichuan).[8] At the same time, he also appointed Gong Lu as an Assistant Officer (從事) and Officer of the Standard (牙門將) in Ba Commandery.[9][6]
In 225, Gong Lu became the Administrator of Yuexi/Yuesui Commandery (越巂郡; covering parts of present-day southern Sichuan). In the same year, he joined Zhuge Liang, the Imperial Chancellor of Shu, on a military campaign against rebels and the Nanman tribes in the Nanzhong region of southern Shu. He was killed in battle.[1][2]
Gong Lu's younger brother, Gong Heng (龔衡), served as a military officer in Shu.[10]
References
- (建興三年，為越嶲太守，隨丞相亮南征，為蠻夷所害，時年三十一。) Annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 45.
- de Crespigny (2007), p. 264.
- ([龔]德緒名祿，巴西安漢人也。) Annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 45.
- Sima (1084), vols. 66-67.
- (巴西功曹龔諆[諶?]迎[張]飛。) Huayang Guo Zhi vol. 5.
- de Crespigny (2007), pp. 263-264.
- Sima (1084), vol. 66.
- (越嶲太守龔祿字徳緒，安漢人，父諶，犍為太守，見巴紀。) Huayang Guo Zhi vol. 12.
- (先主定益州，為郡從事牙門將。) Annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 45.
- (弟衡，景耀中為領軍。) Annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 45.
- Chang, Qu (c. 4th century). Chronicles of Huayang (Huayang Guo Zhi).
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23-220 AD. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004156050.
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).
- Sima, Guang (1084). Zizhi Tongjian.