Lu Kang (Three Kingdoms)
| Lu Kang | |
|---|---|
| General of Eastern Wu | |
| Born | 226 |
| Died | 274 (aged 48) |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 陸抗 |
| Simplified Chinese | 陆抗 |
| Pinyin | Lù Kàng |
| Wade–Giles | Lu K'ang |
| Courtesy name | Youjie (traditional Chinese: 幼節; simplified Chinese: 幼节; pinyin: Yòujié; Wade–Giles: Yu-chieh) |
Lu Kang (226–274), courtesy name Youjie, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period. He was the second son of Lu Xun, who oversaw and managed civil and military affairs in Wu throughout the reign of Wu's founding emperor Sun Quan and served briefly as Imperial Chancellor for a year before his death. Lu Kang inherited the mantle of his father but was less involved in politics as he served mainly in the Wu military. He rose to prominence during the reign of the fourth and last Wu emperor, Sun Hao. In 272, he successfully suppressed a rebellion by Bu Chan and fended off invading forces from Wu's rival, the Jin dynasty. After the battle, he actively pursued a policy of détente with the Jin general Yang Hu at the Wu-Jin border. At the same time, he constantly submitted memorials to Sun Hao, urging the tyrannical emperor to change his ways and govern with benevolence, but his advice fell on deaf ears. Lu Kang died in 274. In 280, about six years after his death, Jin launched a campaign against Wu and conquered Wu within a year. Two of Lu Kang's sons were killed in action in the defence of Wu.
Lu Kang was the second son of Lu Xun and a maternal grandson of Sun Ce, the elder brother and predecessor of Eastern Wu's founding emperor, Sun Quan. He was 20 years old (by East Asian age reckoning) when his father died. He was commissioned as Colonel Who Establishes Martial Might (建武校尉) and put in charge of 5,000 troops who used to be under his father's command. He escorted his father's funeral procession from Wuchang to his ancestral home in Wu Commandery (吳郡; in present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu) for burial, after which he travelled to the capital Jianye (建業; present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) to pay his respects to Sun Quan. In Jianye, Sun Quan took out a list written by Yang Zhu (楊笁) which showed 20 offences allegedly committed by Lu Xun, and questioned Lu Kang. Sun Quan did not allow Lu Kang to meet anyone and had a panel of his officials present when he interrogated Lu Kang. Lu Kang cooperated and responded truthfully. Sun Quan's anger towards Lu Xun gradually subsided.
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