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Wang Yuankui
Wang Yuankui (王元逵) (812–854), formally Duke Zhong of Taiyuan (太原忠公), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. Like his father Wang Tingcou, Wang Yuankui ruled Chengde Circuit (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei) in "de facto" independence from the imperial government, but unlike Wang Tingcou, he was respectful to the imperial government and often followed its orders.
Background.
Wang Yuankui was born in 812, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, when
his grandfather Wang Yuankui ruled Chengde Circuit in "de facto" independence from the imperial government, but maintained a good relationship with the imperial government and largely followed imperial orders; he also married a Tang imperial princess (Princess Shou'an, a granddaughter of Emperor Xuānzong's father Emperor Xianzong. Wang Jingchong's father Wang Shaoding was the oldest son of Wang Yuankui's, by Princess Shou'an, and served as Wang Yuankui's deputy. Wang Jingchong himself, while not the oldest among his brothers (he had at least one older brother