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Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Ao (敖)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wu (武公)

Duke Wu of Lu
魯武公
Duke Wu of Lu; 魯武公
Ruler of Lu
Reign	825–816 BC
Predecessor	Duke Shen of Lu
Successor	Duke Yi of Lu
Died	816 BC
Spouse	Unknown
Issue	Crown Prince Kuo (太子括); Duke Yi of Lu; Duke Xiao of Lu
Names
Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Ao (敖)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wu (武公)
House	Ji
Dynasty	Lu
Father	Duke Xian of Lu
Mother	Unknown

Duke Wu of Lu, personal name Ji Ao, was a duke of the Lu state. He succeeded his brother, Duke Shen.

In spring of the ninth year of his reign, he paid a visit to King Xuan of Zhou with his heir apparent Kuo and younger son, Xi.^[1] King Xuan appreciated Xi greatly, and despite the objections of his councillor Zhongshan Fu (仲山甫), he decided to intervene and appoint Xi as the heir apparent over his elder brother. In summer, the three returned to Lu, and Duke Wu died shortly after.^[2]

References

^ Records of the Grand Historian, Book 33,"武公九年春，武公與長子括，少子戲，西朝周宣王。"
^ Records of the Grand Historian, Book 33,"欲立戲為魯太子。周之樊仲山父諫宣王曰：「廢長立少，不順；不順，必犯王命；犯王命，必誅之：故出令不可不順也。令之不行，政之不立；行而不順，民將棄上。夫下事上，少事長，所以為順。今天子建諸侯，立其少，是教民逆也。若魯從之，諸侯效之，王命將有所壅；若弗從而誅之，是自誅王命也。誅之亦失，不誅亦失，王其圖之。」宣王弗聽，卒立戲為魯太子。夏，武公歸而卒，戲立，是為懿公。魯懿公"