In the "Examination of Du Fu's Lineage (I)", Wang Jue, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruyi are mentioned, who are three of the "Four Famous Faces" of the early Tang Dynasty. The text is quoted in the text, I am afraid that some young readers will look difficult, now write another article to expand this knowledge.
Li Shimin has the "four famous faces" of Wang Jue, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruyi, and Wei Zheng. In addition to Wei Zheng, it can be seen from the biography of Wang Jue that Wang Jue, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruyi had close contacts when they were young, and the relationship between Wang and Du was more intimate, Wang Jue's grandfather was the famous Wang Monk Debate, the Zhongshu Ling of the Xiao Dynasty of Southern Liang, his son-in-law was du Gong, and he was also a famous general of Southern Liang, Wang Shengquan led Du Gong and his uncles to make great contributions to Southern Liang, in 554, due to different political views, Wang Shengquan was killed by Chen Baxian, to say that they were still family relations, but family affection was still not so important in the face of politics. Two years later, Du Gong also surrendered to Chen Baxian, and was eventually killed by Chen Baxian, and his wife Wang Shi cut his family to become a nun. When Wang Jue grew up, he married Du Rouzheng, the daughter of his uncle's family, so the Wang and Du families were considered to be close to each other.
Wang Jue's father died early, he became an orphan from an early age, his family was poor, he was often gifted, and after he became rich, the grace of dripping water, eternal spring retribution, even if he died, he would also be rewarded with his family. In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Wang Yu accompanied the Han king Yang Yu to raise an army against the Sui Emperor, and was defeated and killed. Wang Jue is Wang Jue's nephew and should sit consecutively according to the law. He fled to Zhongnan Mountain and lived in seclusion for more than ten years. When Wang Jue lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, he befriended Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi. Once, my mother Li Shi said, "You will be a noble person in the future, but I don't know who you are interacting with, so you ask them to come and see." "It just so happened that Fang Xuanling and others came to visit. Li Shi was shocked after secretly observing, ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and said to Wang Jue: "These two people have the talent of the prime minister, and if you can associate with them, you will definitely be noble in the future." It can be seen that Wang Gui's mother, Li Shi, is also a remarkable figure, so good at learning and talenting, all three of them will be said in the future.