Lu Zhi 盧植

In Chapter 1 of the Romance, when the Yellow Turbans following Zhang Jue reach four or five hundred thousand, He Jin has the emperor hastily issue an edict and at the same time sends the Generals of the Household Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, each leading picked troops, to attack them along three separate routes. The Romance says that Liu Bei, studying away from home at the age of fifteen, took Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi as his teachers and became friends with Gongsun Zan and others. Romance, Ch. 1 §12 · 16

In the same chapter, Liu Bei hears that the General of the Household Lu Zhi is fighting Zhang Jue at Guangzong, and saying that he once served him as his teacher and will go to help him, he leads his five hundred followers to Guangzong together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Lu Zhi is overjoyed and keeps them in front of his tent. When Zhang Jue's band of one hundred and fifty thousand and Lu Zhi's fifty thousand troops face each other without a decision, Lu Zhi tells Liu Bei that Zhang Jue's younger brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao (張寶) are facing Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun at Yingchuan, gives him an additional thousand government troops, and has him go to Yingchuan to observe the situation and fix a day to attack together. Romance, Ch. 1 §33–34

On his way back from Yingchuan to Guangzong, Liu Bei meets Lu Zhi being escorted as a prisoner in a cage cart. Lu Zhi says that he had surrounded Zhang Jue and was about to crush him, but could not win at once because Zhang Jue used sorcery, and that when the Eunuch of the Yellow Gate Zuo Feng, who came to inspect, demanded a bribe, he answered that even the army's provisions were short, so where would he find money to offer the imperial envoy. Zuo Feng, bearing a grudge, reported that Lu Zhi only built his ramparts high and did not fight, making the army slack, so the court had the General of the Household Dong Zhuo take over command of his troops and had Lu Zhi brought back to the capital to answer for his crime. When Zhang Fei tries to cut down the escorting soldiers and rescue Lu Zhi, Liu Bei stops him. In Chapter 2, Huangfu Song submits a memorial saying that Lu Zhi has merit and no guilt, and the court restores Lu Zhi to his original office. Romance, Ch. 1 §42–44Romance, Ch. 2 §9

In Chapter 3, when He Jin plans to summon Dong Zhuo to the capital, Lu Zhi remonstrates that he has long known Dong Zhuo's character, that he looks kindly on the outside but is ruthless within, and that once he enters the palace he will surely cause disaster, so he should be stopped from coming. When He Jin does not listen, Zheng Tai and Lu Zhi are said to have both resigned their offices and left, but when the upheaval breaks out in the palace, Lu Zhi, who has resigned but not yet left, stands below the pavilion in armor holding a spear. When he sees Duan Gui in the distance dragging Empress He along by force, Lu Zhi loudly rebukes him, and when Duan Gui turns and flees, he hurriedly rescues the Empress Dowager, who has jumped out of a window. Romance, Ch. 3 §4–5 · 15

In the same chapter, when Dong Zhuo gathers the officials at a banquet, says he intends to depose the emperor and set up the Prince of Chenliu, and asks whether his words accord with justice, Lu Zhi cites the examples of Yi Yin, who confined the unenlightened Tai Jia in the Tong Palace (桐宮), and Huo Guang, who deposed the Prince of Changyi. He then retorts that the present emperor, though young, has not the slightest fault, that Dong Zhuo, as an inspector from a provincial post, has never taken part in the government of the state and has no great talent like Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and that without the intent of Yi Yin it is usurpation. When Dong Zhuo flies into a rage, draws his sword and tries to kill him, the Palace Attendant Cai Yong and the Court Gentleman for Consultation Peng Bo remonstrate that Master of Writing Lu is a man the whole realm looks up to, and that harming him first would make the realm tremble with fear, and Dong Zhuo stops. In the Romance, Lu Zhi does not appear again after this scene. Romance, Ch. 3 §28–29 · 32–33