Reshaping the Family's Reputation:The Original Meaning of"Lu's Loyalty"and His"Commentary on the I Ching"
During the Sun Wu period,the Lu family from Wu County was able to thave a transition from being considered a"local tyrant's old clan"to a"prominent and noble family,"not because many members of the Lu family held high-ranking positions in the Sun Wu regime,but because the Lu family,especially Lu Ji,became a spiritual symbol of the local old clans in the Eastern Wu,maintaining a certain degree of identity independence and limited cooperation with the House of Sun.The formation of this iden-tity marker was based on the tragic undertones of Lu Ji's life,the weight of the Lu family's scholarship and conduct,and the promotion by the scholarly and political public opinion fields of the time,thus mak-ing"Lu's Loyalty"a new symbol of the Lu family's reputation.In the Jin Dynasty,the experiences of Lu Ji and Lu Yun,in contrast with the branch of the Lu family that continued Lu Ji's aspirations,namely Lu Mao,highlighted the steadfast adherence and commitment of the remaining Lu family members to Lu Ji's stance of combining political detachment with the virtues of learning.In other words,the new starting point of the Lu family's reputation during the Six Dynasties lies in the subtle and profound meanings of Lu Ji's scholarship and conduct,especially within the Lu family's Annotations on the"I Ching".
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