Lü Fan (?-228), whose name is Ziheng, was a native of Xiyang County, Runan County (now Taihe, Anhui). From the end of the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, he was an important minister of the Wu State.

When Lu Fan was young, he was only a county official in Runan County, but he was very good-looking.

There is a family surnamed Liu in the city, the family is rich and the daughter is very beautiful, Lu Fan went to ask for marriage, Liu's mother disliked Lu Fan, and thought, you are a little clerk, poor and swishing, the toad wants to eat swan meat, and you want to marry my daughter? So, those who pushed three and four were unwilling to agree to the marriage.

But her daughter, Liu Ya, stepped forward and said to her mother, "Do you think Lu Ziheng will be a long-term poor person?" ”

What she means is that Lu Fan has his extraordinary talents, and he will be distinguished in the future.

However, her mother considered her daughter herself and said, "Why don't you find a son who is rich right now?" ”

Liu Ya said, "Whoever wants to marry a rich son now, whoever will marry, anyway, I am optimistic about Lu Ziheng!" ”

As a mother, she couldn't help her daughter, so she had to agree to this family business.

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After getting married, Lü Fan took refuge in Shouchun and became acquainted with Sun Ce, who was serving under Yuan Shu at the time, and Sun Ce thought that Lü Fan was different and treated him with courtesy. So Lu Fan handed over more than 100 of his disciples to Sun Ce's instructions, and followed Sun Ce from then on.

At that time, Sun Ce's mother, Mrs. Wu, was in Jiangdu, and Sun Ce made a tour and decided that Lu Fan was the most suitable, so he sent him to welcome Mrs. Wu back to Qu'a, so that his mother could temporarily live in his uncle Wu Jing's place.

At this time, the Sun family had four younger brothers, Sun Quan, Sun Xiang, Sun Kuang, and Sun Lang, and three younger sisters who later married Hongzhi, Pan Mi, and Liu Bei. It's a daunting task.

This news was known to Tao Qian, Mu of Xuzhou, who determined that Lü Fan was the internal response of Yuan Shu's side, and ordered all counties to arrest Lü Fan.

After Lu Fan learned about it, he personally recruited experts, led the doorman to secretly pick up Mrs. Wu, the big family, and then quickly returned to Sun Ce's place and successfully completed the mission.

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At that time, Sun Ce had not yet established his career, and only Lu Fan and his clansman Sun He often followed him, and the two often ran around for Sun Ce and did not avoid danger.

Because of such a close relationship, Sun Ce also regarded Lu Fan as a close relative, and whenever he invited him to a banquet, he would eat and drink with Mrs. Wu, and did not adhere to the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.

Lu Fan's wife Liu is the guest of the Sun family, every time she goes to the Sun family, she helps with housework, like a family, Sun Ce's mother has a good relationship with the Liu family, and in the end, she recognized Liu as her goddaughter. Legend has it that the Sun family has four golden flowers, which is counting Lu Fan's wife Liu.

Sun Ce broke through Lujiang County, and Lü Fan crossed the Yangtze River with his army and marched to the Jiangdong region.

Lü Fan led his army to defeat Zhang Ying, Yu El, and others in the area of Hengjiang and Dangli, and went south to capture Danyang and Huyi, and received the Hu Xiang.

After Sun Ce conquered Moling and Qu'a, he incorporated the remnants of the former Xia Pi State Xiang Rong and Liu Xuan, and sent 2,000 additional soldiers and 50 horses to Lü Fan. After that, Lü Fan served as the commander of Wanling County and defeated the Danyang thieves. After returning to Wu County, he was promoted to the governor.

At that time, Pi Chen Yu called himself Wu County Taishou, based on his own territory, stationed in Haixi, and colluded with the local powerful Yan Baihu.

So, Sun Ce personally led his troops to recruit Yan Baihu, and sent Lü Fan and Xu Yi to attack Chen Yu, Lü Fan's army defeated the enemy, and beheaded the general Chen Mu, and Chen Yu was defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shao. After that, Lü Fan followed Sun Ce to attack Zulang in Lingyang and Tai Shici who was stationed in Yongli, pacified seven counties successively, worshiped as the general of Zhonglang for the conquest, and then went to Jiangxia County. After returning to the army, the Poyang area was pacified.

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In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Sun Ce died of illness, and Lu Fan returned to Wu County for funeral. After that, Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan took over the power of Eastern Wu, inherited the army, and then conquered Jiangxia, and Lü Fan was ordered to stay with his important minister Zhang Zhao to stay in the base area of Wu County.

In the battle of Chibi in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Lü Fan followed Zhou Yu to break the enemy, and after the war, the official worshiped the general, led Pengze County Taishou, and received Pengze, Chaisang, and Liyang Fengyi.

Later, Liu Bei personally came to Jianye and married Sun, and Lü Fan suggested that Liu Bei be placed under house arrest, but his plan was not implemented in the end. After that, Lü Fan moved to the post of general of Pingnan and stationed his army in Chaisang.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), when Sun Quan was about to betray the alliance and attack Liu Bei's general Guan Yu stationed in Jingzhou, he went to Lü Fan's house and told him, "If I had followed your advice at the beginning, I wouldn't have to work hard today." Now I will attack Guan Yu against the current, and you have to help me defend Jianye. ”

As a result, Sun Quan successfully defeated Guan Yu, and then returned to his division and moved the capital to Wuchang. Lü Fanbai was the general of Jianwei, the marquis of Wanling, led the Danyang Taishou, governed the old capital Jianye, and supervised the army south of Fuzhou to the South China Sea, and ate the provinces of Liyang, Huai'an, and Ningguo.

Worship the army and have a food estate, which is a sign of a man's success during the Three Kingdoms period.

Lu Fan went home that day and made a good show in front of his wife, who held her mouth and sneered, saying, "I already knew that you would have this day." ”

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Wei generals Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba led an army to attack Eastern Wu, and Lü Fan led Xu Sheng, Quan Cong, Sun Shao and other generals to resist the enemy in the area of Dongkou County with a naval army. At that time, Lu Fan was awarded the title of former general, fake festival, and changed the title of Marquis of Nanchang. However, at that time, the front line encountered strong winds, and Lu Fan and other naval troops drifted to the north bank of the Yangtze River that night, and were attacked by Zhang Liao, Wang Ling and others.

The ships of Lü Fan's command capsized one after another, and the soldiers were killed in battle, fell into the water and drowned, and thousands of people died. Lu Fan had no choice but to withdraw his troops and defend it. After returning to the school, Lü Fan was still appointed as the pastor of Yangzhou.

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Lu Fan is so prestigious, and the children of the scholar clan, such as Lu Xun, Quan Cong and others, are respectful and polite to him, and dare not behave frivolously. Lü Fan's residence and the clothes on his body were very extravagant at the time, but he was diligent and law-abiding, so Sun Quan loved his loyalty and did not blame him for his profligacy.

Someone said in front of Sun Quan that the decoration of Lu Fan and the general He Qi was beautiful and beautiful, similar to the king's clothes, Sun Quan said, "Guan Zhong was at fault for overstepping etiquette back then, and the tolerant treatment of Duke Qi Huan did not affect the hegemony." Now Ziheng and Gongmiao (He Qizi) are not at fault of Yiwu (Guan Zhongming), but they are well-equipped and well-equipped, and the boats and vehicles are in strict order, which is only used to change the appearance of the army, what damage does it do to the rule? ”

The man didn't dare to say any more.

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In the seventh year of Huangwu (228), Lü Fan was awarded the title of Great Sima by Sun Quan. Before the seal was issued, Lu Fan had already passed away due to illness. After Sun Quan heard the news, he mourned for him in plain clothes and sent an envoy to posthumously present the Great Sima Seal Ribbon.

In the first year of Huanglong (229), Sun Quan was still in the capital, passing by Lu Fan's tomb, he still couldn't help but cry out, "Ziheng!"

And wept for it. After returning to the capital, he ordered the gift of the ether prison (the great gift used by the Son of Heaven to sacrifice to the world in ancient times) to sacrifice Lu Fan.

After Lü Fan's death, he was succeeded by his second son, Lü Ju (whose eldest son died young).

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In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Fan appears in the fifteenth, twenty-ninth, forty-fourth, seventy-sixth, and eighty-fifth chapters.

In the fifty-fourth episode, after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were allies on the surface, but in fact they competed with each other. At that time, Zhou Yu offered a beautiful plan, and wanted to marry Liu Bei, the sister of Sun Quan, so that Liu Bei could become the son-in-law of Eastern Wu.

Lu Fan persuaded Liu Bei to accept the family affair on the grounds of "people should not be in the middle of the way and abolish human relations" and "the two families are good friends with Qin and Jin".

Then Lu Fan has been acting as the woman's matchmaker and participating in the plan to deal with Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei went to Ganlu Temple to meet Wu Guotai, Lü Fan suggested that he ambush the knife and axe to kill Liu Bei, however, it ended in failure.