Wang Duo
Wang Duo () (died 884),
courtesy name Zhaofan (), formally the
Duke of Jin (), was a Chinese politician of the medieval
Tang dynasty, serving as a
chancellor during the reigns of
Emperor Yizong and Emperor Yizong's son
Emperor Xizong. After the agrarian rebel
Huang Chao captured the Tang capital
Chang'an in 880 and forced Emperor Xizong to flee, Wang was commissioned by Emperor Xizong to serve as the supreme commander of Tang forces in the central and eastern empire, effectively serving as viceroy with full imperial authorities to issue edicts, and Wang was instrumental in the various Tang maneuvers, including persuading
Li Keyong and
Zhu Quanzhong to join the Tang cause, in defeating Huang. In 884, on his way to his new post as the military governor (''
jiedushi'') of Yichang Circuit (義昌, headquartered in modern
Cangzhou,
Hebei), Le Congxun () the son of
Le Yanzhen the military governor of Weibo Circuit (魏博, headquartered in modern
Handan,
Hebei), enticed by the group of women that accompanied Wang, ambushed Wang and killed him, taking the women captive.
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