Lü Fan 呂範

Lü Fan 呂範

Biography
When younger, he was appointed a county official. There was a woman from the Liu (劉) clan who was both beautiful and from a wealthy family, and Lü Fan begged her father for her hand in marriage. The woman's mother disliked him and refused to give her blessing for the union, but the woman's father said:


 * "Look at Lü Fan. Do you really think he will remain poor forever?"

Forthwith, Lü Fan married the woman.

Service to Sun Ce
With the disorder in the Central Plains, Lü Fan headed south to Shouchun (壽春) to seek refuge from the chaos. In 194 A.D., Sun Ce 孫策 had returned to Shouchun to join Yuan Shu 袁術, it was there that they met. Sun Ce was impressed by Fan and the pair became quite close, so Fan brought 100 of his personal dependents and joined Sun Ce. At this time, Sun Ce's mother was in Jiangdu (江都) but he wanted to entrust her to her brother, Wu Jing 吳景, who was in Qu'a (曲阿); Sun Ce, Lü Fan and Sun He 孫河 then escorted Lady Wu to Qu'a.

Governor of Xu province Tao Qian 陶謙 accused Lü Fan of being a spy for Yuan Shu and ordered he be examined of these claims. Fan's dependents were valiant fighters and they freed him from his captors and return.

Lü Fan and Sun He would often follow Sun Ce around, regardless of difficulty or danger, and Sun Ce would treat them as intimate relatives; every feast that was held, they would be invited to sit before Lady Wu.

Lady Wu -> Sun Ce, Sun He, Lu Fan follow Wu Jing attack Zu Lang (prior to Liu Yao attack) Sun Ce -> Jiangbiao zhuan -> 197 attacking Yu capture 4000 people. Sun Ce -> Wu Lu -> 12th month 8th day? appointment to Guiyang (桂陽) GA and temporary Caitiff-Attacking General of the Gentlemen of the Household year? when Cao appoints him stuff 197 Sun Quan -> 203 Poyang after Huang Zu mountain bandits Sun Quan -> 228 dies Lu Su -> Han Jin Chronicles -> Against Lu Fan's advice of detaining Bei.

+various Dongkou

Family
Wife
 * Lady Liu - Wealthy and beautiful. Her mother did not approve of the marriage, but her father felt Lü Fan would eventually become successful.

Fact vs. Fiction
Historically…