Wang Jingren

Who is Wang Jingren?

Wang Jingren, né Wang Maozhang, was a major general during the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Liang. He was originally a general under Yang Xingmi the Prince of Wu in the late Tang Dynasty, but later got into a dispute with Yang's son and successor Yang Wo and forced to flee to the domain of Qian Liu, who, as a Later Liang vassal, later sent Wang to Later Liang, whose Emperor Taizu was impressed with Wang's abilities and therefore made Wang a major general. Wang, however, was not successful in subsequent campaigns against either Wu or Later Liang's northern enemy Jin.