Lü Lingqi

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Lü Lingqi

Traditional Chinese:

呂玲綺

Simplified Chinese:

吕玲绮

Transliterations

Lü Lingqi is the fictional name given to the daughter of Lü Bu and his first wife Lady Yan. When Lü Bu controlled Xu Province, which he seized from Liu Bei shortly after Tao Qian's death, Yuan Shu wished to strengthen their relationship by a marriage alliance. Lü Lingqi was to be wedded to Yuan Shu's son, Yuan Yao. Lü Bu, however, was strong in force at the time and arrogantly refused the marriage alliance.

When Liu Bei turned to Cao Cao for aid, Lü Bu was surrounded by their coalition at Xiapi and sought reinforcements from Yuan Shu. Lü Bu sent Zhang Liao and Hao Meng to deliver a letter to Yuan Shu offering his daughter's hand in marriage. Yuan Shu was offended by Lü Bu's earlier denial and refused to send troops until Lü Lingqi was in his son's hand. Zhang Liao and Hao Meng had no choice but to return with such request. On their way back, however, Hao Meng was captured by Zhang Fei and the plot leaked out after the death of Hao Meng to Cao Cao. Lü Bu reluctantly accept Yuan Shu's request on Zhang Liao's return and rode out of Xiapi along with Lü Lingqi on his back with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun as escorts. Liu Bei's troops, however, attacked fiercely forcing Lü Bu to withdraw and the ploy was abandoned. Sometime later Lü Bu was captured and executed by Cao Cao at Liu Bei's recommendation.

[edit] Modern references

Lu Ling Qi appears in Koei's Dynasty Tactics 2 as well as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. In Dynasty Tactics 2 she is shown to be quite a powerful officer and has the cavalry class set. She always fights for her father and tries to reach his skill as a warrior. Lu Ling Qi is shown to love her father so much she is willing to sacrifice herself in one of Lu Bu's endings. In Dynasty Warriors 4, although the Battle of Xiapi mentioned about her, trying to reach escape point to have Yuan Shu as Lu Bu's reinforcement, however after stopped (defeated) her by destroy the carriage, she doesn't show up. And ends up nothing inside the carridge.