Wang Yi 王邑

After Taizu had pacified the region north of the Yellow River, Gao Gan rebelled with Bing Province. At that time the Administrator of Hedong, Wang Yi, was summoned to court, and Wei Gu and Fan Xian, men of Hedong, outwardly put forward the pretext of asking that Wang Yi be kept in office, but inwardly they were in fact plotting with Gao Gan. Records, Wei 16 §21

Taizu told Xun Yu that the generals west of the passes relied on their rugged terrain and their horses, that Zhang Sheng was raiding the area between Xiao and Mianchi and was in contact with Liu Biao to the south, and that he feared the harm would be deep if Wei Gu and the others rose up taking advantage of this. He added that Hedong, backed by mountains and girdled by the Yellow River, was a vital place in the realm, and asked him to recommend someone like Xiao He or Kou Xun to hold it. When Xun Yu recommended Du Ji, Taizu sent after Du Ji and appointed him Administrator of Hedong. Records, Wei 16 §21–22

Wei Gu and the others had several thousand soldiers cut off the Shan Ford, and Du Ji arrived but could not cross. Told that he should wait for the main army, Du Ji said that since Wei Gu and the others had not yet openly cut themselves off from the imperial command and were outwardly using the pretext of asking for their former administrator, they would surely not harm the new administrator, and that he would go straight in with a single carriage. He then crossed at the Dou Ford by a byway. Records, Wei 16 §22–24

Du Ji made Wei Gu Commander and put Fan Xian in charge of all three thousand and more officers, clerks and soldiers. He then advised them not to raise troops on a large scale but to recruit soldiers slowly with money, and to send the generals and clerks home in turns to rest; when Wei Gu and the others followed his advice, their following broke up. Wei Gu and the others attacked Du Ji together with Gao Gan and Zhang Sheng but could not take his position, and when the main army arrived, Gao Gan and Zhang Sheng were defeated and Wei Gu and the others were executed. Records, Wei 16 §25–28

In Chen Shou's main text Wang Yi's name appears only in this passage of the biography of Du Ji, and nothing is recorded about him after he was summoned. The biography of Zhong Yao likewise says only that when Wei Gu of Hedong rose in revolt together with Zhang Sheng, Zhang Yan, Gao Gan and others, Zhong Yao led the generals against them and crushed them. Records, Wei 16 §21Records, Wei 13 §8

In his assessment at the end of Records of Wei 16, Chen Shou assesses only Ren Jun, Su Ze, Du Ji and others, and says nothing about Wang Yi. Records, Wei 16 §98