Lü Cai ( Lǚ cái) (606-665) was a Chinese musician of
early Tang period. He was versed in melody and choreography, and was expert at playing the guqin. In 629,
Emperor Taizong ordered
Zu Xiaosun to set down the temperament of music renewedly, Zu argued with Wang Changtong and Bai Mingda, and could not solve it. So Taizong ordered his officers to search for the able men, the zhongshuling (prime minister)
Wen Yanbo recommended Lü Cai. In 631, Lü wrote
Music of Victory (
Gōng chéng qìng shàn lè《功成庆善乐》) for Taizong's poem. In 632, he helped Taizong to train 120 musicians to perform Music of King Qin Breaking up the Enemy's Front. Apart from music, Lü was also versed in alchemy, astronomy, maths, history and geography.
In 655 Lǚ Cái, in his role as Chief Steward of the Palace Medical Service (Shàng yào fèng yù 尚藥奉御) denounced the translator Xuanzang which led to a public debate between the two men. Lǚ cái lost and was forced to issue a public apology.
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呂才（606年 - 665年），
唐初哲學家，博州清平（今山東聊城高唐縣清平鎮）人。
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生平
少好學，出自儒家，又精於天文、地理、醫藥、製圖、軍事、歷史，長於聲樂，製作管樂器「尺八」。中書令溫彥博推薦呂才給唐太宗。入弘文館。歷官太常博士，太常丞，太子司更大夫。他奉命刪定《陰陽書》，頒布天下。他確認「極微」和「氣」是世界的根源，並從「乾坤」、「剛柔」等對立關係中尋找事物變化的原因。他反對宗教迷信，對「祿命生成說」、「五德說」和「風水說」進行了批判。貞觀六年（632年），譜曲《功成慶善舞》（更名為《九功舞》）、《七德舞》（更名為《秦王破陣樂》）、《上元舞》，曾傳到日本、印度等國。呂才又知兵事，著有《教飛騎戰陣圖》。作品多散佚，《全唐文》輯錄有《進大義婚書表》、《進白雪歌奏》、《議僧道不應拜俗狀》、《因明註解之破譯圖序》。
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參考書目
• 《舊唐書》卷七九
• 《新唐書》卷一○七
• 侯外廬《中國思想通史》（四）第三節
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