Lu Qian

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A 1886 block print by Yoshitoshi, depicting Lin Chong as he stands in front of Lu Qian's body outside the Temple of the Mountain Spirit.

Lu Qian(陆谦) is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin.

Lu was a friend of Lin Chong's and he also served as an official to the Song Dynasty. Lu was not a trustworthy person and he had repaid Lin Chong's kindness with evil twice. He diverted Lin Chong's attention away from his wife by asking Lin out for drinks with him. Meanwhile, Gao Yanei, Gao Qiu's foster son, seized the opportunity to dishonour Lin's wife by trying to rape her. Lin later found out about the incident and went to his wife's rescue, and managed to chase Gao Yanei away. When he went back to find Lu Qian, the latter was gone. Later, Lin Chong was framed with attempting to assassinate Gao Qiu by bringing a weapon into the White Tiger Hall and sentenced to exile. Even when Lin Chong was in exile, Gao Qiu did not want to let him off as Lin had offended him and his foster son. Gao sent Lu Qian to bribe the prison commander of the prison where Lin was held captive in exile to finish off Lin. Lu Qian and the prison commander were killed after a vicious fight with Lin Chong when Lin caught them trying to set fire to the storage field in his charge.

The Lu-Lin story was manifested on film in a Hong Kong movie in the late 1990s.

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