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### Wang Qi (汪踦) Dates of birth and death unknown. A child from the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. In the 11th year of Duke Ai's reign, the State of Qi invaded the State of Lu. Wang Qi stepped forward to defend the country and died in battle. Therefore, the people of Lu made an exception and buried him with the rites for an adult. Also written as "汪锜". ### Wang Yuanliang (汪元量) Dates of birth and death unknown. With the courtesy name Dayou and the pseudonym Shuiyunzi, he was from Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) at the end of the Song Dynasty. Skilled at playing the qin, he served in the inner court. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, he accompanied the captured empresses and concubines to Yanjing. He often comforted Wen Tianxiang in his prison cell. After Wen Tianxiang's death, Wang Yuanliang became a Taoist priest and wandered around the rivers and lakes until the end of his life. He authored works such as *Shuiyun Ci* and *Hushan Leigao*. ### Wang Zhaoming (汪兆铭) (1883 - 1944). With the courtesy name Jingwei, he was from Panyu, Guangdong, and studied in Japan. In his early years, he joined the Tongmenghui and dedicated himself to the revolution. He once attempted to assassinate the regent of the Qing Dynasty but failed and was arrested and imprisoned. He was released after the Xinhai Revolution. After the establishment of the Republic of China, he successively served as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, the president of the National Government, the premier of the Executive Yuan, and the president of the National Political Council. In 1938, during the Anti - Japanese War, he secretly left Chongqing and defected to Japan in Nanjing, where he organized a puppet government, which made him despised by the Chinese people. He died of illness before the victory of the Anti - Japanese War.