He was, in particular, disliking the fact that Zheng, as assistant imperial scholar, would have access to the emperor.

He was also made an imperial scholar at Hongwen Pavilion (弘文館).

Lu, in a break with that tradition, gave money to the officials at the office of the imperial scholars to thank them, and they felt honored.

As of 832, he was no longer imperial scholar.

It was said that he served as an imperial scholar for four years.

This may have been written for children of that age, but it holds more of our deep history than all of today's imperial scholars could pool together.

At a later point, he resigned and retired to Huayin, but was yet later recalled to again serve as imperial scholar.

He was also made an imperial scholar at the Xiuwen Pavilion (修文館).

Eventually, all four were retained to be imperial scholars at the Zhaowen Pavilion (昭文館).

Qiu then stated, "If it were not for the imperial scholar, you would not be allowed to remain on this throne."