Lu Kang: Top general during Three Kingdoms
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LU Kang (226-274 AD) was the second son of the great general Lu Xun and the grandson of Sun Ce, who united the eastern bank of the Yangtze River, earning himself a reputation as a “Little Bully.”
Born in Huating County, today’s Songjiang District, he was a famous general and strategist of the Wu State during the Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD).
Lu Xun was framed and killed in 245 AD. Lu Kang then took over his father’s 5,000-soldier army and challenged Yang Zhu, who framed his father with more than 20 accusations, face to face.
The son refuted the accusations one by one, fighting for his father’s innocence. The emperor, Sun Quan, finally chose to trust his loyalty and assigned him to guard Chaisang City on the border line.
In 251 AD, Lu Kang came back to the capital to see the king. According to the “Records of the Three Kingdoms,” Emperor Sun held Lu Kang’s hands and cried that he shouldn’t have listened to the lies and had any doubts about his father.
In 252 AD, Sun died and his son Sun Liang stepped onto the throne and promoted Lu as the General of Power and Prestige. Five years later, Lu was named the General of North and guarded Xiling (today’s Yichang in central China’s Hubei Province).
Lu was billed the “last general of the Wu State” by historians. Five years after his death, the Jin State conquered the Wu. Jin later conquered Shu, another state in the Three Kingdoms period, which concluded the warring period.
Lu had six sons, of which Lu Ji and Lu Yun are renowned literary masters who have influenced generations of Chinese writers.
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