Lu Hsiu-yi

Lu Hsiu-yi was a Taiwanese politician and member of the Legislative Yuan.

Early life
On May 22, 1941, Lu was born in Taiwan while it was under control of Empire of Japan. At age 6, Lu's father died. As a result, the income of his family depended on his mother. Lu was the only child. Lu attended high school during the day and he worked after school. Lu graduated from the Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School.

Education
In 1980, Lu earned a PhD. in political science from University of Paris in Nanterre.

Lu attended the National Chengchi University majoring political science. Lu earned his master's degree from the Chinese Culture University.

Career
Lu was a professor at Chinese Culture University and National Tsinghua University.

In January 1983, Lu was arrested and served time in prison until 1986. Lu's crime was "sedition" on promoting Taiwan independence.

In February 1990, Lu started his political career as a member of the Legislative Yuan for Taipei county in Taiwan.

Personal life
Lu married Tchen Yu-chiou. Lu's daughter is Chia-Hui Lu, a classical pianist.

Since 1995, Lu has been suffering from lung cancer.

On August 16, 1998, Lu died in Tamsui, near Taipei, Taiwan. He was 57.