Du Lu 杜路
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Du Lu was a general under Liu Bei. He has no biography of his own in the Records; in Chen Shou's main text his name appears once, in the Biography of Lu Xun (Records of Wu 13). In the 1st year of Huangwu (222), when Liu Bei came to the western border of Wu with a great army and had more than forty of his camps destroyed by Lu Xun, Du Lu, together with Liu Ning and others, was driven into a corner and asked to surrender. Chen Shou's main text does not record his courtesy name, origin, office or later life. Records, Wu 13 §17 · 21
In the Romance he first appears in Chapter 82 as a Han general of Dongxi, and appears in 2 of its 120 chapters, but he is not named in any chapter title. In Chapter 82 he joins Liu Bei's campaign against Eastern Wu together with Liu Ning, leading two columns of troops, and in Chapter 84, when Liu Bei is badly defeated, he surrenders to Wu together with Liu Ning. Romance, Ch. 82 §18Romance, Ch. 84 §39
In the Records
According to the Biography of Lu Xun, in the 1st year of Huangwu (222), when Liu Bei came to the western border with a great army, Sun Quan made Lu Xun Grand Area Commander, gave him the Credentials, and had him lead Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Sun Huan and others, 50,000 men, to resist him. Liu Bei set up a chain of camps from the Wu Gorge and Jianping to the border of Yiling, built dozens of garrisons, and made the general Feng Xi Grand Commander and Zhang Nan commander of the vanguard. Records, Wu 13 §17
The generals said that Liu Bei had come five or six hundred li into their territory and the two sides had already been holding each other off for seven or eight months, so attacking him would bring no advantage; but Lu Xun said that now was exactly the time to strike this bandit from front and rear. He first attacked one camp without success, but then had each soldier carry a bundle of thatch grass and took the camps by fire attack. Once the momentum was established, he led all the armies in a simultaneous assault, beheaded Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, the Hu king Shamoke and others, and destroyed more than forty camps. At this point Liu Bei's generals Du Lu, Liu Ning and others, driven into a corner, asked to surrender. Records, Wu 13 §20–21
Liu Bei climbed Ma'an Mountain and deployed his troops around himself, but Lu Xun urged on the armies to close in from all four sides, and Liu Bei's army collapsed like crumbling earth, the dead numbering in the tens of thousands. Liu Bei fled under cover of night and barely made it into Baidi. The Biography of the First Sovereign records this battle as taking place some ten days after a yellow vapor appeared in the 6th month of summer, when Lu Yi (Lu Xun) crushed the First Sovereign's army at Xiaoting and the generals Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and others all died, and does not name Du Lu. Records, Wu 13 §21–22Records, Shu 2 §71
This passage in the Biography of Lu Xun is the only place where Du Lu appears in Chen Shou's main text. His courtesy name, origin, office, his life after surrendering and his death are not recorded, and the Records contain no assessment of him. Records, Wu 13 §21
In the Romance
In Chapter 82 of the Romance, when Sun Quan has received his enfeoffment from Wei and the civil and military officials have finished offering their congratulations, spies report that the ruler of Shu is advancing by water and land together, leading the great army of his own state and tens of thousands of barbarian troops of the King of the Man, Shamoke, as well as two columns of troops under Du Lu and Liu Ning, Han generals of Dongxi, with a force that shakes the heavens. The river army has already left Wukou, and the land army has already reached Zigui. Romance, Ch. 82 §18–19
In Chapter 84, when a southeast wind springs up around the first watch, fires blaze up one after another in the left and right camps of the First Sovereign's imperial headquarters, and flames also leap skyward from Feng Xi's camp. As the Wu troops set fires on all sides and give chase, the First Sovereign enters Baidi with barely a hundred or so men left. Zhang Nan, who had been besieging the city of Yiling, and Feng Xi, who had come to report the defeat, set out to the rescue but are caught between the Wu army ahead and Sun Huan sallying out from the city of Yiling, and die in the confused fighting; the King of the Man, Shamoke, fleeing alone on horseback, fights Zhou Tai for more than twenty bouts and is killed. Romance, Ch. 84 §23 · 26 · 31 · 37 · 39
At this point the Shu generals Du Lu and Liu Ning both surrender to Wu, and not an inch of the provisions and fodder, weapons and equipment of the Shu camps is left. The Romance records that those among the Shu generals and the troops of Xichuan who surrendered were beyond counting. Du Lu does not appear in the Romance after this. Romance, Ch. 84 §39
Where the Romance differs
Affiliation: Chapter 82 of the Romance calls Du Lu a Han general of Dongxi and portrays him as joining Liu Bei's army together with Liu Ning, leading two columns of troops. The Biography of Lu Xun in the Records describes him only as one of Liu Bei's generals. Romance, Ch. 82 §18Records, Wu 13 §21
Surrender: In Chapter 84 of the Romance, Du Lu and Liu Ning both surrender to Wu after the Shu army has collapsed. In the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records, Du Lu, Liu Ning and others, driven into a corner, asked to surrender when Lu Xun destroyed more than forty camps, and after that Liu Bei climbed Ma'an Mountain and deployed his troops. Romance, Ch. 84 §39Records, Wu 13 §21
The generals who died alongside: In Chapter 84 of the Romance, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi are caught between the Wu army ahead and Sun Huan behind and die in the confused fighting, and Shamoke dies fighting Zhou Tai. The Biography of Lu Xun in the Records records that Lu Xun led all the armies in a simultaneous assault and beheaded Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, the Hu king Shamoke and others. Romance, Ch. 84 §37 · 39Records, Wu 13 §21
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Abilities
The Records score (Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, main text) is the baseline. Each ability compares how the Romance redrew the same person, and the evidence from both sources explains the difference.
- LEA4042+2
- STR3838±0
- INT3636±0
- POL3131±0
- CHA3636±0
- VIR4040±0
- ADP3535±0
- SCH3131±0
- DIP3333±0
- DIS3333±0
Abilities shaped by the Romance — where it differs from the Records Differences of 10 or more
No ability differs by 10 or more — the Romance portrays this person much as the Records do.
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RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as one of Liu Bei's generalsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of his leading a column of troops from DongxiCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his deedsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his deedsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his deedsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 84 §39
RDriven into a corner, asked to surrender together with Liu NingWu 13 §21
NSurrendered to Wu together with Liu Ning after the defeat at XiaotingCh. 84 §39
RNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his deedsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 82 §18
RNo direct record — estimated from his deedsWu 13 §21
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 82 §18
Records Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
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