Lù Jiǎ 陸賈 (ca. 240–170 BCE) was a native of Chǔ 楚 who served Hàn Gāozǔ 高祖 as one of his persuaders (biànshì 辯士) and was twice sent on missions to Zhào Tuó 趙佗 in Nányuè 南越. He has biographies in Shǐjì j. 97 and Hàn shū j. 43. His most famous moment is the exchange with Gāozǔ recorded in both biographies: when the emperor sneered at his repeated citations of the Shī and Shū — “I got it from horseback; what use have I for the Shī and Shū?” — Lù replied, “From horseback you got it; but can it be ruled from horseback? Tāng and Wǔ took it by going against and held it by going with; civil and martial together is the technique of long endurance.” The emperor, abashed, then commanded him to set out the reasons Qín had lost what Hàn had won, the result being the twelve-篇 Xīnyǔ 新語 (KR3a0004). Under Lǚhòu 呂后 he managed the rapprochement between the Right Chancellor Chén Píng 陳平 and Grand Marshal Zhōu Bó 周勃 that secured the Liú restoration of 180 BCE. The catalog meta gives -228 to -141; conventional modern bracket is ca. 240–170 BCE; CBDB does not contain him.