Lü Ju 呂據

Lü Ju's courtesy name was Shiyi. His father Lü Fan was transferred to Grand Marshal in the 7th year of Huangwu (228) but died of illness before the seal and ribbon were conferred, and since the eldest son had died first, the second son Lü Ju succeeded him. Through his father's privilege Lü Ju became a Gentleman (lang); when Lü Fan fell ill he was appointed Colonel Deputy of the Army (fujun xiaowei) to assist in military affairs, and when Lü Fan died he was transferred to General of the Household Who Pacifies the Army (anjun zhonglangjiang). Records, Wu 11 §41 · 43

He campaigned many times against mountain bandits, and every remote, rugged and hard-to-govern place he attacked he broke; following the Minister of Ceremonies Pan Jun in the campaign against the Five Streams, he again won merit. When Zhu Ran attacked Fan, he and Zhu Yi broke the defensive lines outside the city, and on his return he became Lieutenant General; entering the court, he became Right Division Commander of the Stables (majian you budu), and then was transferred to Colonel of the Yue Cavalry. In the winter, the 10th month, of the 13th year of Chiwu (250), when the Wei general Wen Qin feigned defection in order to lure Zhu Yi out, Sun Quan gave Lü Ju twenty thousand men to join forces with Zhu Yi; they reached the northern border, but Wen Qin, as expected, did not surrender. Records, Wu 11 §43 · 64–65Records, Wu 2 §108

In the 1st year of Taiyuan (251), when a great wind made the river overflow until the water gradually reached the city gates, Sun Quan sent men to look, and only Lü Ju had brought large boats to guard against the disaster. Sun Quan praised him and made him General Who Sweeps Away Wei (dangwei jiangjun), and when he fell ill he made him Right Division Commander of the Crown Prince (taizi you budu). According to the biography of Zhuge Ke, when Sun Quan's illness became critical he summoned Zhuge Ke, Sun Hong, the Minister of Ceremonies Teng Yin, the general Lü Ju and the Palace Attendant Sun Jun and entrusted them with affairs after his death. Records, Wu 11 §44Records, Wu 19 §22

When the Crown Prince Sun Liang came to the throne, Lü Ju became General of the Right. When Wei came out against Dongxing, Zhuge Ke sent Liu Zan, Lü Ju, Tang Zi and Ding Feng ahead as the vanguard. Ding Feng arrived first and broke the enemy's forward camp, where they were drinking, and just then Lü Ju and the others arrived, and the Wei army at last collapsed. The following year, when Sun Jun killed Zhuge Ke, Lü Ju was transferred to General of Agile Cavalry (piaoji jiangjun) and put in charge of the affairs of the Western Palace. Records, Wu 11 §44Records, Wu 19 §29Records, Wu 10 §100–101

In the 2nd year of Wufeng (255), when Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin of Wei rebelled, Lü Ju was granted the Credential (jiajie) and set out with Sun Jun and Liu Zan to take Shouchun by surprise. When Wen Qin was defeated and came over in surrender and Zhuge Dan of Wei entered Shouchun, they turned back, and on the way back they met the Wei general Cao Zhen (曹珍) and defeated him at Gaoting. Records, Wu 11 §45Records, Wu 3 §9Records, Wu 19 §75

In the 1st year of Taiping (256), adopting Wen Qin's plan, Sun Jun had Wen Qin, Lü Ju, Zhu Yi, Tang Zi and others go from Jiangdu into the Huai and Si rivers to attack Wei. Sun Jun saw them off at Shitou and entered Lü Ju's camp, but disliking the strict order in which Lü Ju kept his troops, he left complaining of a pain in his chest. In the 9th month Sun Jun died and his cousin Sun Chen took his place, and Lü Ju, who had not yet reached the Huai, was furious. Records, Wu 3 §12–13Records, Wu 19 §76–77Records, Wu 11 §45

Lü Ju and the other commanders submitted a joint memorial recommending Teng Yin as Chancellor, but Sun Chen made Teng Yin Grand Marshal and stationed him at Wuchang. Lü Ju led his army back and informed Teng Yin, intending to depose Sun Chen together with him. Sun Chen, by edict, ordered Wen Qin, Tang Zi and others to seize Lü Ju, and sent troops to Jiangdu to intercept and attack him. The biographies of Lü Ju and Sun Chen name the commander as Sun Chen's elder cousin Sun Lü, while the Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers name Sun Xian, Ding Feng and others. Teng Yin held out relying on his agreement with Lü Ju, but a great wind blew and Lü Ju did not come even by dawn, and Teng Yin's three sets of kin were exterminated. Records, Wu 19 §79–82Records, Wu 11 §45Records, Wu 3 §13

When his followers urged him to surrender to Wei, Lü Ju said, 'I would be ashamed to become a rebel subject,' and in the end took his own life, and his three sets of kin were exterminated. The Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers record that Lü Ju was captured at Xinzhou on the day xinhai of the 10th month of that year. Lü Ju and Teng Yin were both husbands of Sun Yi's younger sisters. Later, when Sun Xiu had Sun Chen beheaded, he asked him, 'Why did you not banish Teng Yin and Lü Ju?', and saying that Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin and Lü Ju had been harmed without guilt, he had them reburied and sacrifices offered to them. Records, Wu 11 §45Records, Wu 3 §14Records, Wu 6 §22Records, Wu 19 §100 · 102

In his assessment, Chen Shou wrote that Lü Ju, Zhu Yi and Shi Ji all had the talent of generals and carried on their fathers' work well, and that whereas Lü Fan and Zhu Huan came to a good end despite having faults, Lü Ju and Zhu Yi, who had no such faults, met disaster instead, because the times they met were different. Records, Wu 11 §67