吕臣 / Lu Chen (Qin Rebel)
吕臣 / Lu Chen enters the wiki through Qinji 129-3 as a former close attendant of 陈胜 who has become a general by the time Chen Sheng dies. After 庄谷 kills Chen Sheng and surrenders to 秦国, Lu Chen raises the Cangtou Army from Xinyang.
Lu Chen retakes Chen County, kills Zhuang Gu, and reopens the Chu banner after 张楚政权 has suffered a near-terminal collapse. He then reburies Chen Sheng at Dang County and honors him as Yin Wang. The host treats this as a modest restoration of dignity rather than a full undoing of Chen Sheng’s political failure.
Lu Chen’s role complicates the “everyone abandoned Chen Sheng” frame. Chen Sheng’s late conduct created 起义首领人心疏离, but Lu Chen’s revenge shows that his anti-Qin symbolic value still had residual force among some followers.
Qinji 129-4 adds that Lu Chen retakes Chen County through coalition rather than by his own remnant force alone. He joins with Panyang and 英布 / 黥布, defeats Qin troops, and again raises a Chu political line after Chen Sheng’s death.
Qinji 132 places Lu Chen in the post-项梁 Chu reorganization. After Xiang Liang dies at 定陶, Lu Chen joins 项羽 and 刘邦 in moving 芈心 / 楚怀王 from Xuyi to 彭城. He is stationed east of Pengcheng while Xiang Yu is west and Liu Bang is at Dang.
Mi Xin then merges Lu Chen’s army with Xiang Yu’s under royal command, appoints Lu Chen as situ, and appoints Lu Chen’s father Lu Qing as lingyin. The episode therefore moves Lu Chen from Chen Sheng’s avenger into a visible component of the new Chu court order.
Connections
- 陈胜 - former master and figure Lu Chen avenges and reburies.
- 庄谷 - driver whom Lu Chen kills in revenge.
- 张楚政权, 大泽乡起义, and 起义天命制造 - regime and symbolic origin behind Lu Chen’s action.
- 刘邦 and 芒砀山 - later memorial and reburial landscape connected in the episode.
- 英布 / 黥布, 吴芮, and 反秦阵营诸侯化分裂 - Qinji 129-4 military coalition and local-force integration branch.
- Qinji 132, 芈心 / 楚怀王, 项羽, 刘邦, and 彭城 - royal move, army merger, and appointment as situ.