Wang Rong (234 – 11 July 305),

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Junchong (濬冲), nickname A Rong (阿戎) was a Chinese military general, poet, and politician of the

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dynasty. He was also one of the

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Life

Wang Rong served under the Jin dynasty as a military general and participated in the conquest of the Jin dynasty's rival state,

Eastern Wu Wu (Chinese language, Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China and one of the three major sta ...

in 280. During the campaign, he led his troops as far as to that of Wuchang (武昌; present day

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). Following this, Wang Rong's army merged with Wang Jun's and they advanced towards the Wu capital, Jianye.

Family

*Grandfather: Wang Xiong (王雄), regional inspector (''cishi'') of

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(幽州刺史) under

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*Father: Wang Hun (王浑), courtesy name Changyuan (长源),''Wei Jin Shiyu'' annotation in ''Shishuo Xinyu'', vol.01 ''cishi'' of Liang Prefecture (凉州刺史) * Cousin: Wang Yan

References

* Fang, Xuanling (ed.) (648). ''

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'' (''Jin Shu'').

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