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Wang Du

Wang Du, deputy magistrate of Dong'e County, joined the Yellow Turban Rebellion and burned the granary before Cheng Yu defeated him.

History Records, vol. 14 · Not in the Romance

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History · vol. 14Records of the Three Kingdoms
…黃巾起，縣丞王度反應之，燒倉庫。縣令逾城走，吏民負老幼東奔渠丘山。…
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程昱字仲德，東郡東阿人也。長八尺三寸，美鬚髯。黃巾起，縣丞王度反應之，燒倉庫。縣令逾城走，吏民負老幼東奔渠丘山。昱使人偵視度，度等得空城不能守，出城西五六里止屯。昱謂縣中大姓薛房等曰：「今度等得城郭不能居，其勢可知。此不過欲虜掠財物，非有堅甲利兵攻守之志也。今何不相率還城而守之？且城高厚，多穀米，今若還求令，共堅守，度必不能久，攻可破也。」房等以為然。吏民不肯從，曰：「賊在西，但有東耳。」昱謂房等：「愚民不可計事。」乃密遣數騎舉幡於東山上，令房等望見，大呼言「賊已至」，便下山趣城，吏民奔走隨之，求得縣令，遂共城守。度等來攻城，不能下，欲去。昱率吏民開城門急擊之，度等破走。東阿由此得全。

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Wang Du was the deputy magistrate of Dong’e County. When the Yellow Turbans rose in revolt, he joined the uprising and burned down the granary. The chapter in which he appears is not documented, and he does not appear in the novel.

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Wang Du joined the Yellow Turban uprising and burned down the granary in Dong’e. He was later defeated by Cheng Yu, who led officials and civilians against him, and fled (according to historical records).