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 several others of which two deserve mention. One is a supplement (100 + 4 chüan, printed in 1893) to the anecdotes concerning poems of the Sung dynasty, known as Sung-shih chi-shih (see under ). In the editing of this work Lu had the help of, and others. The second is Lu's literary collection, entitled I-Ku t'ang chi, a work first published in 1862 in 8 chüan, and later expanded to 12 chüan and then (1874) to 16 chüan. The I-Ku t'ang chi in the latest edition of the Ch'ien-yüan tsung-chi, printed in 1898, consists of 20 chüan. Lu also collected the letters written to him by his friends, and printed them in facsimile under the title Ch'ien-yüan yu-p'êng shu-wên (友朋書問), 12 chüan.

[6/18/25b;, Ch'un-tsai t'ang tsa-wên liu pien 4/1a; see appendix to the Seikadō Bunko kanseki bunrui mokuroku; Pelliot, B.E.F.E.O. IX, pp. 211–49, 425–69 for analysis of his works.]

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 LU Lung-chi 陸隴其, Nov. 21, 1630–1693, Feb. 1, was a native of P'ing-hu, Chekiang. He became a chin-shih in 1670, after showing himself to be a serious student of the pa-ku essay style. In the spring of 1675, while waiting in Peking for an appointment, he several times visited Fathers Louis Buglio 利類思 (1606–1682) and Ferdinand Verbiest 南懷仁 (1623–1688) who showed him Western clocks and a celestial sphere, and presented him with several Jesuit works, including the Pu-tê-i pien (see under ). He noted in his diary that except for "the stories about Adam and Eve and the birth of Jesus" Western knowledge is generally credible. Appointed magistrate of Chia-ting, Kiangsu, in 1675, he won the affection of the people but was disliked by the higher officials. In 1677 he was accused of purposely glossing, in his official report, the significance of a robbery case. Although dismissed, his reputation as an incorruptible official nevertheless became widespread.

In the spring of 1678 he taught the sons of a wealthy family named Hsi 席 of Ch'ang-shu, Kiangsu, and in the summer of the same year went to Peking to take the special examination known as po-hsüeh hung-tz'ŭ, but his father's death made it obligatory for him to return home and go into mourning before the examination took place. During the prescribed twenty-seven months of mourning he studied the three classics on Rites and the works of Chu Hsi (see under ). His notes on the former entitled, 讀禮志疑 Tu-li chih-i, in 6 chüan were completed in 1679, and those on the latter, entitled 讀朱隨筆 Tu Chu sui-pi, in 4 chüan, in the following year. These works and three others were printed by in Fukien in 1708 in the latter's Chêng-i-t'ang ch'üan-shu.

Lu Lung-chi resumed his teaching in the Hsi family in 1681. Two years later he was recalled to Peking and was appointed magistrate of Lingshou, Chihli. While there he compiled the local history, 靈壽縣志 Ling-shou-hsien chih, in 10 chüan, which was printed in 1686. This work enjoyed fame for years, but was severely criticized by the well-known historian,. In 1690 Lu was promoted to be a censor. With a view to raising funds for an expedition against the government adopted the plan of selling certain official posts, making it known that those who could pay more than the prescribed sum had the privilege of being placed earlier on the list of appointees. When Lu Lung-chi submitted a memorial denouncing the practice, a conference of high officials decided that he was guilty of obstructing military plans. He was sentenced to banishment, but was granted imperial pardon. In 1691 he was criticized by his superiors as unfit for his post, was discharged, and ordered to wait for another appointment. Upon his return home he again taught in the Hsi family, but his health soon failed and he died on February 1, 1693. Emperor Shêng-tsu was not apprised of his death until nearly a year later when Lu was about to be appointed commissioner of education of Kiangnan.

In 1724, at the request of the Board of Ceremonies, Emperor Shih-tsung ordered the name of Lu Lung-chi, along with those of nineteen scholars (先儒 hsien-ju) of various dynasties, to be celebrated in the Temple of Confucius. Perhaps the inclusion of his name is explained in part by the fact that the president of the Board of Ceremonies in that year,, was his ardent admirer. Lu always upheld the philosophy of Chu Hsi and denounced that of Wang Shou-jên (see under ) as his writings on the Five Classics and the Four Books show. He belonged to the movement known as Sung hsüeh, or "Sung Learning", which was sponsored by influential officials at court and by the Emperor in the hope of discrediting the 547