Wang Yu
Wang Yu, a Yanzhou aide in the late Eastern Han, is known for recommending Cheng Yu to Liu Dai.
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History · vol. 14Records of the Three Kingdoms
…岱議連日不決，別駕王彧白岱：「程昱有謀，能斷大事。」岱乃召見昱，問計，昱曰：「若棄紹近援而求瓚遠助，此假人於越以救溺子之說也。…
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初平中，兗州刺史劉岱辟昱，昱不應。是時岱與袁紹、公孫瓚和親，紹令妻子居岱所，瓚亦遣從事范方將騎助岱。後紹與瓚有隙。瓚擊破紹軍，乃遣使語岱，令遣紹妻子，使與紹絕。別敕范方：「若岱不遣紹家，將騎還。吾定紹，將加兵於岱。」岱議連日不決，別駕王彧白岱：「程昱有謀，能斷大事。」岱乃召見昱，問計，昱曰：「若棄紹近援而求瓚遠助，此假人於越以救溺子之說也。夫公孫瓚，非袁紹之敵也。今雖壞紹軍，然終為紹所禽。夫趣一朝之權而不慮遠計，將軍終敗。」岱從之。范方將其騎歸，未至，瓚大為紹所破。岱表昱為騎都尉，昱辭以疾。
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Wang Yu was an attendant officer in Yanzhou in the late Eastern Han. Historical records state that he recommended Cheng Yu to Liu Dai; he does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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During the Chuping era, relations between Liu Dai and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan deteriorated. As they deliberated whether to send Yuan Shao’s wife and family back, Wang Yu recommended Cheng Yu to Liu Dai, saying that he was resourceful and capable of making decisions on important matters. (According to historical records)
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「程昱有謀，能斷大事。」
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History · vol. 14
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Staff officer of Liu Dai, Inspector of Yanzhou