Title: In Conversation and Laughter—Lu Su
Author: Valiowk
Characters: Lu Su, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, Younger Lady Qiao, Zhuge Jin, Sun Quan, Elder Lady Qiao, Sun Shangxiang, Pang Tong, Lü Meng, Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Lu Kai, Zhang Zhao, Lu Shu, Lu Kang, Shi Ji, Zhu Ran, Lady Xu, Sun Song, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Xiu
Keywords: Lu Su, Three Kingdoms, historical fiction
Summary: A novella about the Wu strategist and general Lu Su and the son he was not able to see, Lu Shu, narrated from the perspective of Lu Su's wife.
Author's note: This is a Three Kingdoms historical fiction based on Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms and Pei Songzhi's annotations to it. However, seeing as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms section here is mostly inactive, I have decided to post it here instead. The story is set in the same universe as my previous stories Lu Xun—Thirteen Perspectives and Those Days in Wuchang.
Please see the three final chapters for endnotes, a list of historical characters as well as other named dramatis personae in the story and their style names, and a timeline. A map of the Southland showing commandry boundaries during AD 211 is available at https (colon) (double slash) www (point) dropbox (point) com (slash) s (slash) b48bjrcjfcdvgn0 (slash) southland (hyphen) map (point) jpg . Yang Province should also contain Pengze 彭泽 Commandry (which contained Pengze and Chaisang Counties, formerly located within Yuzhang Commandry, and possibly Liling 历陵 County, among others) and possibly Linchuan 临川 Commandry (which was split from Danyang Commandry; it is unclear when Danyang Commandry was split); however, insufficient information is known about the two commandries to hazard a guess at their extent. The region bounded in orange is a guess at the extent of Hanchang Commandry, which features in the story. The map was made using the Google Maps Chibi Mapplet, saved by Wendy Jin, before it was no longer supported.
In Conversation and Laughter—Lu Su
谈笑间—鲁肃
When Lu Su's posthumous son Shu turned thirty, the supervisor of Ruxu, Zhang Cheng, predicted that he would have a distinguished future. During the Enduring Peace reign era (AD 258–264), he was appointed General who Exhibits Might, Marquis of a Capital Precinct and supervisor of Wuchang. During the Reestablished Balance reign era (AD 269–271), he was granted insignia (to act on the emperor's behalf) and promoted to supervisor of Xiakou. His administration was strict and orderly and he had good strategies and was capable. In the third year of Phoenix (AD 274), he passed away. His son Mu inherited his title of nobility and led his troops.
—Lu Su's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms