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Lu Cai (606-665), a philosopher in the early Tang Dynasty, was born in Qingping, Bozhou (now Qingping Town, Gaotang County, Liaocheng, Shandong).
Lu Cai (606-665), a philosopher in the early Tang Dynasty, was born in Qingping, Bozhou (now Qingping Town, Gaotang County, Liaocheng, Shandong). He is less studious and comes from Confucianism. He is also good at astronomy, geography, medicine, cartography, military affairs, and history. He is good at vocal music and makes the wind instrument "Shakuhachi". Zhongshu ordered Wen Yanbo to recommend Lu Cai to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Enter Hongwen Hall. The official titles include Dr. Taichang, Taichang Cheng, and Prince Si Dafu. He was ordered to delete the "Book of Yin and Yang" and promulgate it to the world. He confirmed that "jiwei" and "qi" are the roots of the world, and looked for the reasons for the changes in things from the opposing relationships such as "cosmos" and "hardness and softness". He opposed religious superstition and criticized the "Lu Ming Sheng Theory", "Five Virtues Theory" and "Feng Shui Theory". In the sixth year of Zhenguan (632), he composed the music "Dance to Celebrate Success" (renamed "Nine Gong Dance"), "Dance of Seven Virtues" (renamed "Music of King Qin Breaking the Formation"), and "Shangyuan Dance", which were spread to Japan, India and other countries. Lu Cai also knew military affairs and wrote "Teaching Flying Cavalry Battle Formations". Many of the works are scattered and lost. The "Complete Tang Dynasty" includes "Into the Dayi Marriage List", "Into the Baixue Songs", "On the Monk's Way and Should Not Worship the Secular Shapes", and "The Preface to the Deciphered Illustrations of Yin Ming's Annotations".
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Biographies of Talented Women of the Republic of China (set of six volumes) [Lin Huiyin + Zhang Ailing + Lu Xiaoman + Sanmao Biography + Lu Bicheng + Xiao Hong]
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