Lu Ji (Shiheng)

Lu Ji
Writer of the Jin dynasty
Born	261
Died	303 (aged 42)
Names
Traditional Chinese	陸機
Simplified Chinese	陆机
Pinyin	Lù Jī
Wade–Giles	Lu Chi
Courtesy name	Shiheng (Chinese: 士衡; pinyin: Shìhéng; Wade–Giles: Shih-heng)

Lu Ji (261–303), courtesy name Shiheng, was a writer and literary critic who lived in the late Three Kingdoms period and Jin dynasty. He was the fourth son of Lu Kang, a general of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period, and a grandson of Lu Xun, a prominent general and statesman who served as the third Imperial Chancellor of Eastern Wu.

Lu Ji was related to the imperial family of the state of Eastern Wu. He was the fourth son of the general Lu Kang, who was a maternal grandson of Sun Ce, the elder brother and predecessor of Eastern Wu's founding emperor, Sun Quan. His paternal grandfather, Lu Xun, was a prominent general and statesman who served as the third Imperial Chancellor of Eastern Wu. After the Jin dynasty conquered Eastern Wu in 280, Lu Ji, along with his brother Lu Yun, moved to the Jin imperial capital, Luoyang. He served as a writer under the Jin government and was appointed president of the imperial academy. "He was too scintillating for the comfort of his jealous contemporaries; in 303 he, along with his two brothers and two sons, was put to death on a false charge of high treason."

Lu Ji wrote much lyric poetry but is better known for writing fu, a mixture of prose and poetry. He is best remembered for the Wen fu (文賦; On Literature), a piece of literary criticism that discourses on the principles of composition. Achilles Fang commented:

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