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Born: 183
Died: 245
Ancestral home: Wu County, Wu (Suzhou, Jiangsu)
Book mentions: 126

Roles:

general politician

Factions:

Eastern Wu (primary)

Relationships:

Sun Ce Father-in-law

Appears in 20 chapters:

Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
Lu Xun; named in passing - will rise to prominence later.
Chapter 44 — Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Paired with Dong Xi over the fourth army - his first command in the saga.
Chapter 49 — On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
Made Leader of the Van by Sun Quan's own mandate, ordered to Qichun with his lord in support.
Chapter 50 — Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.
Gives the answering signal that brings Taishi Ci down, and joins the pursuit that turns Cao Cao toward Yiling.
Chapter 53 — Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong; Sun Quan Fights With Zhang Liao.
Lu Xun; with Sun Quan.
Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
Lu Xun; with Sun Quan.
Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
Lu Xun; the chapter's strategic centerpiece. Lu Meng feigns illness; Sun Quan appoints Lu Xun in his place; Lu Xun writes a fawning letter to Guan Yu praising his greatness - Guan Yu drops his guard, transfers half his Jingzhou garrison north to Fan. The deception that opens the back door.
Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
Lu Xun; with Lu Meng directs the Jingzhou takeover; sends conciliatory letters keeping Mi Fang and Fu Shiren tractable.
Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
Lu Xun; the chapter's incoming master. Sun Quan appoints him supreme commander of the Wu armies on Kan Ze's recommendation - over the protests of older generals like Han Dang and Zhou Tai who consider him a young scholar. Lu Xun pulls all Wu forces back inside their stockades, refuses to engage, lets Liu Bei's army wear itself out in the summer heat strung along 700 li of forest camps. Sets up the fire-attack of next chapter.
Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
Lu Xun; springs the fire-attack at Yiling. With his stockaded camps in summer drought, his men carry sulphur and saltpetre on their backs in concealed bundles; in a single coordinated night every Shu camp along the seven hundred li is torched. Forty contiguous Shu stockades go up at once; the chained fire roars through the pine forests. Liu Bei's army is annihilated. Lu Xun pursues but is stopped at the Yufu Gorge by Zhuge Liang's pre-set Eight Trigrams stone maze - the famous 'stone array' that holds the pursuer fast until Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan leads him out.
Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
Lu Xun; on Sun Quan's council; advises against the Cao Pi alliance - Sun Quan agrees and re-aligns with Shu.
Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
Lu Xun; on Sun Quan's council; defends the Wuhu axis.
Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
Lu Xun; in Wu.
Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
Lu Xun; commands the Wu side at Shiting; obliterates Cao Xiu's army with the prearranged ambush.
Chapter 97 — Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
Lu Xun; on the Wu side.
Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
Lu Xun; commander-in-chief of Wu armies.
Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
Lu Xun; on the Wu side, prepares to attack Wei in concert with Shu.
Chapter 103 — In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
Lu Xun; commands the Wu force; manoeuvres but cannot break through.
Chapter 108 — In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory; At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.
Lu Xun; named in passing - long dead by this point.
Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
Lu Xun; named in passing - long dead.