Wang Mou 王謀

Wang Mou, courtesy name Yuantai, was a man of Hanjia. He was admirable in bearing, deportment and conduct. Under Liu Zhang he became Administrator of Ba Commandery and then returned to become Headquarters Attendant Officer of the province. When the First Sovereign pacified Yi Province and took the post of Governor of Yi Province, he made him his Aide-de-camp. Records, Shu 15 §49

When the First Sovereign became King of Hanzhong, he made Lai Gong of Lingling, a veteran scholar of Jing and Chu, Minister of Ceremonies, Huang Zhu of Nanyang Superintendent of the Imperial Household, and Wang Mou Minister Steward. After Emperor Wen of Wei assumed the imperial title in the 25th year of Jian'an (220), the Grand Tutor Xu Jing, the General Who Pacifies the Han Mi Zhu, the Military Adviser General Zhuge Liang, the Minister of Ceremonies Lai Gong, the Superintendent of the Imperial Household Huang Zhu, the Minister Steward Wang Mou and others submitted a letter urging the First Sovereign to take the imperial throne, saying that Cao Pi had usurped and murdered and destroyed the house of Han, so that men and spirits alike longed for the Liu clan. The First Sovereign took the imperial throne south of Wudan in Chengdu in the 4th month of the 26th year of Jian'an (221). Records, Shu 15 §49Records, Shu 2 §55 · 60 · 64–65

At the beginning of Jianxing, Wang Mou was granted the rank of Marquis Within the Passes, and later he replaced Lai Gong as Minister of Ceremonies. In the 2nd year of Jianxing (224), when Zhuge Liang took the post of Governor of Yi Province and invited Du Wei to be his Registrar, the note he wrote for Du Wei says that Wang Yuantai, Li Boren, Wang Wenyi and others always praised Du Wei's lofty aims, and that though they had never met him they felt as if he were an old friend. Records, Shu 15 §49Records, Shu 12 §3

In his Encomia on the Supporting Ministers of Ji Han, written in the 4th year of Yanxi (241), Yang Xi said that 'the Minister Steward cultivated himself and was circumspect,' and praised Wang Yuantai, He Yanying, Du Fuguo and Zhou Zhongzhi together. Chen Shou wrote that he composed no biographies for Lai Gong, Huang Zhu or Wang Mou because none of their deeds had been handed down. Records, Shu 15 §33 · 48–50

Later the General-in-Chief Jiang Wan asked Zhang Xiu, 'Among the elders of Hanjia there was Wang Yuantai; who succeeds him now?' Zhang Xiu replied that for a man like Yuantai there was no successor even in the whole province, let alone in his own humble commandery. Chen Shou wrote that this was how highly he was esteemed. The Records do not give the year of his death. Records, Shu 15 §50–51