Zhang Wenli

Zhang Wenli (張文禮) (died September 15, 921?[1][2][3]), known as Wang Deming (王德明) during the time that he was an adoptive son of Wang Rong, was a Chinese military general and politician who initially served under the late Tang dynasty warlord Liu Rengong and Liu Rengong's son Liu Shouwen, and later Wang Rong, the only prince of the early Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Zhao (also known as Chengde Circuit (成德)). Wang Rong favored him for his talent and adopted him as a son. However, in 921, he encouraged Wang Rong's guards to mutiny and slaughter the Wang clan. He then took over the Zhao lands. When Wang Rong's ally Li Cunxu the Prince of Jin attacked in response, he died in shock.

  1. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 271.
  3. ^ According to the Zizhi Tongjian, Zhang Wenli died in shock after hearing that the Jin army captured Zhao Prefecture on September 15, implying that he died on that day, but he might have died shortly after.