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Solid-lubricant embedding is a widely employed lubrication strategy in metals. However, the challenge of machining holes on ceramic surfaces remains a significant barrier to applying this lubrication technique to ceramics. Gel casting, as a near-net-shaping process, offers several advantages, including uniform green body density, low organic content, and the capability to fabricate components with complex geometries, making it a promising solution for addressing these challenges. In this study, alumina ceramics with small surface holes designed for embedding oil-containing microcapsules were fabricated via gel casting using an N-hydroxy methylacrylamide gel system, which demonstrates lower toxicity compared to conventional acrylamide systems. The fabricated alumina ceramic materials exhibited a high density of 98.2%, a hardness of 16 GPa, and a bending strength of 276 MPa. The oil-containing microcapsules were self-synthesized using hexafluorophosphate ionic liquid as the core material and polyurea-formaldehyde as the wall material. The research results show that under conditions of using an alumina ball, sliding speed of 10 cm\/min, load of 5 N, and at room temperature, the material with a microcapsule content of 15 wt% and embedded hole diameter of 1.2 mm reduced the friction coefficient from 0.696 in an unlubricated condition to 0.317. 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