Background
Lu Zhaolin was born in Fanyang (near present-day Beijing). He worked in the archive of Prince Li Yuanyu (died 665), the seventeenth son of the founding Emperor Gaozu of the Tang dynasty.
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Education
He studied under Cao Xian (曹憲. Fl 605–649), the master of Wen Xuan studies, and Wang Yifang (王義方. 615–669), a famous scholar of the Chinese classics.
Lu was known for his erudition, and was said to have exhaustively studied the large collection of books in the prince"s library.
Career
Soon afterwards, Lu was appointed the county defender of Xindu in Shu province (modern Sichuan). He later suffered a debilitating disease, probably rheumatoid arthritis, which eventually crippled him. The disability forced him to resign from his post, and he became a disciple of the renowned doctor and alchemist Sun Simiao, living on Mount Taibai and in the capital Chang"an.
He adopted the alternative name (hao) of Youyouzi (幽憂子), or "Master of Shrouded Sorrow".
He committed suicide by drowning himself in the Ying River circa 684 or 686, after years of suffering.
Membership
In 666, he was a member of the entourage of Emperor Gaozong on the imperial pilgrimage to Mount Tai.
