Lagerstroemia speciosa in Xiangyang, Hubei Province

In the first year of Kaiyuan, Lu Huaishen made a peace treaty with Wei Zihuangmen. Three years, change to Huangmen prison. Wang Xue's uncle, Wang Xiantong, abused the people, and his descendants were convicted, and his deeds were listed, including Purple Imperial edict and Yellow Gate. Huai Shen and Yao Chong played: "Fairchild's crime is very clear. If the suggestion is suspicious, how can you believe it? " This is a prison sentence. Huai Shen's talent is not as good as worship, and his stories are all pushed but not specialized. Sometimes he is ridiculed as "the prime minister with food". He is also a senior official. Seek bone in spite of illness. When you die, you will be given to the governor of Jingzhou. The last words recommended Song Jing, Li Jie, Li and Lu Congyuan, and the emperor mourned.

I am cautious and frugal, and my clothes are not decorated with gold and jade. Although it is expensive, my wife is still hungry and cold, and I also collect a lot of money, so I don't care about my relatives. Go to Du Dong to choose, dedicate your body, and stop the bag. Since it is a disease, Song Jing and Lu Cong are willing to wait for it. Look, we borrowed it alone, and the door is not covered with foil. It will be stormy and self-defeating. There are two kinds of food, steamed beans and several cups of food. When they left, they held each other's hands and said, "If you are eager for treatment, you will enjoy this country for a long time, but you will be a little tired of hard work. Some traitors will take advantage of the loopholes and your brother will yearn for it! " There are also mourning, family death and storage. When the emperor was in the East, Zhang Xing, a doctor from the Fourth University, said, "Be cautious and sincere, always take the straight road, and there is no way to persuade the good." Is to make a hundred pieces of furniture for his family, 200 meters of millet. The queen returned to Beijing to visit the Shenyang family because Zhu and Du were hunting. When the family members have a camp, they ask questions and go back to Bai Huaishen. The emperor gave it silk to stop hunting. After passing his grave, the monument was not erected. He stopped to look and shed tears. The official was summoned to set up a monument, and Su Ting, assistant minister of Zhongshu, wrote it personally.

(Excerpted from New Tang Book)

Translation:

In the first year of Kaiyuan, he was appointed as Wei Zihuang. For three years, he served as Huang Menjian. Wang Xue's uncle Wang Xiantong abused the people. Yu Shitai has investigated and mastered his crime and has filed a case. At this time, another imperial edict ordered Zihui and Huangmen provinces to review the facts. Lu Huaishen and Yao Chong said: "Wang Xiantong's guilt is very clear. If the suggestions can be doubted, how can others believe them? " So the case is closed. Lu Huaishen thought that he was not as talented as Yao Chong, so he gave his own affairs to Yao Chong, but he was not arbitrary. At that time, people laughed at him as "the prime minister who accompanied him to dinner." He also served as an official minister, resigned due to illness and was approved. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the secretariat of Jingzhou. Leave last words to recommend Song Jing, Li Jie, Li Yin Chao and Lv Congyuan. Xuanzong was very sad and sighed at this.

Lu Huaishen is honest and thrifty, and does not run industry. There are no luxurious decorations made of gold and jade on clothes and utensils. Although he has a prominent position, his wife and children are still hungry and cold. The wages and gifts I got were given to my relatives and friends without hesitation, and they were given away for nothing, and soon dispersed. When I went to Du Dong to preside over the election, I only brought a cloth bag. After getting sick, Song Jing and Lu Cong want to visit her. They saw that the mat was thin and broken, and there was no curtain on the door. It happened that there was wind and rain, so they lifted the mat to cover it. It is getting late. There are only two pots of steamed beans and several bowls of vegetables. When he left, Lu Huaishen shook hands with them and said, "Your master is eager to realize the great rule of the world. However, he has been in office for a long time and is a little tired of diligence. I'm afraid someone has ulterior motives and takes the opportunity to appoint. Remember these words! " At the end of the funeral, there was no savings at home. Xuanzong was going to Du Dong at that time. Zhang Xing, a doctor from the Fourth University, said, "Lu Huaishen is loyal, honest and upright. If he is not well paid, he can't persuade people to do good. " So he gave his family one hundred pieces of cloth and two hundred grains of rice. After Xuanzong, he traveled to and from the capital and hunted between Hubei and Du. He saw that the wall of Lu Huaishen's house was simple and low, and the family wanted to do something, so he sent envoys to inquire. The envoy came back and reported that it was a sacrifice to Daxiang twenty-five months after Lu Huaishen's death. Xuanzong rewarded fine silk and stopped hunting. After Lu Huaishen's tomb, the stone tablet has not yet been erected. Xuanzong stopped to watch, tears streaming down his face. The imperial edict ordered the imperial court to erect a monument for him, and asked Su, assistant minister of Zhongshu, to draft the inscription, which Xuanzong personally wrote.