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卢生

盧生
Lú Shēng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Scholar Lu, the poor scholar of the Tang tale The World Inside a Pillow, who dreams a whole life of wealth and rank at an inn in Handan
  2. 2 Master Lu, a magician at the Qin court who failed to find the elixir of life for Qin Shi Huang and fled

Examples

HSK 6
卢生在旅店里睡着了，梦见自己过完了富贵的一生。
Lú Shēng zài lǚdiàn lǐ shuìzháo le, mèngjiàn zìjǐ guòwán le fùguì de yìshēng.
Scholar Lu fell asleep at an inn and dreamed that he lived out a whole life of wealth and rank.
HSK 6
卢生替秦始皇寻找长生不老药，找不到就逃走了。
Lú Shēng tì Qínshǐhuáng xúnzhǎo chángshēng-bùlǎo yào, zhǎobudào jiù táozǒu le.
Master Lu searched for the elixir of life for Qin Shi Huang, and when he could not find it, he ran away.

Tips

history
The Tang tale is 《枕中记》 by 沈既济: a Daoist lends Lu a magic pillow at an inn in 邯郸, and the dream is over before the innkeeper's millet is cooked. It gave the idiom 黄粱一梦 for an empty dream of glory.
history
The Qin Lu Sheng and another magician, 侯生, spoke against the emperor before they fled. His anger at them led to the burying of scholars in 212 BC, the second half of 焚书坑儒.

Stroke Order

卢 Lú
生 shēng