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Lu Dongbin Lu Shang Lu Buwei (?-235 BC) A native of the Qin State during the Warring States Period. Originally a merchant, he became the prime minister of the Qin State because of his contributions to King Zhuangxiang of Qin and was later enfeoffed as the Marquis of Wenxin. He once gave a pregnant woman to King Zhuangxiang, and the son born was Ying Zheng, that is, Emperor Qin Shi Huang. During the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, he was respected as Zhongfu. Later, he had an affair with the queen mother and committed suicide out of fear of punishment. When he was in the position of prime minister, he had his disciples write the book "Lüshi Chunqiu". Empress Lü Lu Bu With the courtesy name Fengxian, he was a native of Jiuyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was brave and outstanding in martial arts. He was adopted as a son by Dong Zhuo. Later, because Dong Zhuo was tyrannical, he joined hands with Wang Yun to kill Dong Zhuo, and held military power to separate himself. Finally, he was captured and killed by Cao Cao. Lu Meng (178 - 219) With the courtesy name Ziming, he was a native of Fupo. A famous general of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period. He once planned to capture Jingzhou and capture Guan Yu, was appointed as the governor of Nanjun, and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Chanling. Lu Guang (337 - 399) With the courtesy name Shiming. The founding monarch of the Later Liang Dynasty. He was of the Di ethnic group from Lueyang (the former governing area was eighty miles southeast of today's Qin'an County, Shaanxi Province). He served Fu Jian at first. After Fu Jian's death, he proclaimed himself the governor of Liangzhou and established the reign title of Taian; later, because a unicorn was seen in Jinze County, he changed the reign title to Linjia and called himself the King of Sanhe; seven years later, he changed the reign title to Longfei and called himself the Heavenly King. He reigned for ten years, and his posthumous title was Emperor Yiwu. Lu Liuliang (1629 - 1683) With the courtesy name Zhuangsheng, also known as Guanglun, and the courtesy name Yonghui. With the pseudonym Wancun and the late pseudonym Heqiu Laoren, he was a native of Shimen County (today's Chongde County), Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, and was born at the end of the Ming Dynasty. His works contained ethnic ideas, and he swore not to serve the Qing Dynasty. After his death, because he was involved in Zeng Jing's writings, his tomb was destroyed and his body was mutilated, and his whole family was executed and their property confiscated.