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Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Xing (興)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wen (文公)

Duke Wen of Lu
魯文公
Duke Wen of Lu; 魯文公
Ruler of Lu
Reign	626 BC - 609 BC
Predecessor	Duke Xi of Lu
Successor	Duke Xuan of Lu
Died	609 BC
Spouse	Chu Jiang (出姜); Jing Ying (敬嬴)
Issue	Prince Wu (惡); Prince Shi (視); Tui (俀), Duke Xuan of Lu; Shu Xi (叔肸)
Names
Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Xing (興)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wen (文公)
House	Ji
Dynasty	Lu
Father	Duke Xi of Lu

Duke Wen of Lu (Chinese: 魯文公; pinyin: Lǔ Wén Gōng; died 19 January 609 BC), personal name Ji Xing, was a duke of Lu state, ruling from 626 BC to 609 BC. His father was Duke Xi, whom he succeeded.

In 619 BC, King Xiang of Zhou died. The next year, in 618 BC, Wei, the Count of Mao (毛伯衛), a Zhou official, went to Lu to "request" for tribute. Gongyang Zhuan notes that the Spring and Autumn Annals used such wording as a mockery, pointing out that "kings do not make requests."^[1] Also, Zuo Zhuan points out that the late king had not been buried, since the Spring and Autumn Annals made no mention of a king's order.^[2] A month after this "request," King Xiang was laid to rest.

In 616 BC, Souman (鄋瞞), a Di tribe, attacked Lu after an invasion of nearby Qi. Duke Wen ordered Shusun Dechen (叔孫得臣), a minister of Lu and a member of the powerful Three Huan clans, to fight the Souman. On 9 September 616 BC, Shusun Decheng defeated the Souman army at Xian (咸), capturing and executing its leader Qiaoru (僑如). Later, Shusun Dechen named one of his sons after Qiaoru.

After Duke Wen of Lu died in 609 BC, his son, Crown Prince Wu (惡), succeeded him, but, only months later, Prince Wu was murdered by Duke Xi's brother Prince Sui (遂; also known as Dongmen Xiangzhong 東門襄仲), who installed Prince Tui (Duke Xuan), another of Duke Wen's sons.

References

^ Miller, Harry (2015). The Gongyang Commentary on The Spring and Autumn Annals: A Full Translation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 131. ISBN 9781137497635.
^ Durrant, Stephen; Li, Wai-yee; Schaberg, David (2016). Zuo Tradition/Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (1st ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99915-9

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Regnal titles
Duke Wen of Lu (Spring and Autumn period) House of Ji Cadet branch of the House of Ji Died: 609 BC
Preceded by Duke Xi of Lu	Duke of Lu 626-609 BC	Succeeded by Duke Xuan of Lu