renzhexiangjiao

the fact that the character 鲁 used to transcribe the first part of his surname (“Ru”) means dull is coincidental. There are some standards according to which foreign names are transcribed to Chinese, and this is what Ru happens to translate to. Previously it was a different character because they used a different standard. Usage of 鲁 in his name isn’t new either, according to Chinese wikipedia it’s been used since as far back as 2015 by some news agency in China. It’s only recently that the chinese government caught up too.

seems like a significant breakthrough