Lu Mai (盧邁) (739 – August 11, 798[1]), courtesy name Zixuan (子玄), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong.
He was from "The second house of northern ancestry" (北祖第二房) of the prominent Lu clan of Fanyang, and he was a distant relative of Lu Han, who served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong's great-grandson Emperor Dezong.
[2] After Lu Mai passed the imperial examinations, he successively served as a scribe for the crown prince (太子正字, Taizi Zhengzi)[5] and sheriff of Lantian County (藍田, in modern Xi'an, Shaanxi).
He later returned to the capital Chang'an to serve as Simen Langzhong (司門郎中), a supervisorial official at the ministry of justice and then You Jianyi Daifu (右諫議大夫), an advisor at the legislative bureau.
A number of officials were convened to discuss the indictment, and Lu pointed out that Yuan's duty should be first to the state, and he should not have declined on the basis of a family matter.
[2] As Lu Zhi had by this point been demoted and exiled, Zhao had died, on an occasion when Jia was away observing a memorial for a parent, there was no chancellor on duty, and Emperor Dezong had to send eunuchs to the office of the chancellors to make sure that the affairs of the state were being attended to.