Wang Jingchong [SEP] father
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
before dying later in the year; Li Cunxu then defeated and killed Zhang's son and successor Zhang Chujin, incorporating Zhao into his Jin state.
Background.
Wang Rong was probably born in 877. At the time of his birth, his father Wang Jingchong was the military governor ("Jiedushi") of Chengde Circuit (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei), which the Wang family had held in "de facto" independence since Wang Jingchong's great-grandfather Wang Tingcou. Wang Rong's mother