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Wang Jinkui was a warlord.
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 20 passages
希萼攻希廣，以進逵為先鋒，陷長沙。
In Xie's assault on Xiguang, Jinkui led the vanguard and captured Changsha.
長沙遭亂殘毀，希萼使進逵以靜江兵營緝之，兵皆愁怨，進逵因擁之，夜以長柯巨斧斫關，奔歸武陵。
Changsha lay in ruins after the fighting. Xie sent Jinkui with Jingjiang troops to restore order, but the men were bitter. Jinkui rallied them, and by night they smashed the gates with long poles and great axes and fled back to Wuling.
進逵乃逐出留後馬光惠，迎言於辰州以為帥，進逵自為副。
Jinkui expelled acting governor Ma Guanghui, brought Liu Yan from Chenzhou to lead them, and served as his deputy.
言不從，遣進逵與行軍司馬何景真等攻鎬於長沙，鎬敗走。
Yan refused and sent Jinkui with staff officer He Jingzhen and others against Bian Hao at Changsha. Hao was beaten and fled.
周太祖皆從之，乃升朗州為武平軍，在武安軍上，以言為節度使，因以武安授進逵，進逵自以言己所迎立，不為之下。
Zhou Taizu agreed. Langzhou was raised to the Wuping army, senior to Wu'an. Yan became its military commissioner and Jinkui received Wu'an. Jinkui, having installed Yan himself, refused to bow to him.
進逵謀曰：「言將可用者不過何景真、朱全琇爾，召而殺之，言可取也。」
Jinkui schemed: "Yan's only capable officers are He Jingzhen and Zhu Quanxiu. Summon and kill them, and Yan is yours."
是時，劉晟取楚梧、桂、宜、蒙等州，進逵因白言召景真等會兵攻晟。
Southern Han's Liu Sheng had seized Wu, Gui, Yi, Meng, and other Chu prefectures. Jinkui urged Yan to summon Jingzhen and the rest for a joint campaign against him.
言信之，遣景真、全琇往，至皆見殺，乃舉兵襲武陵，執言殺之，奉表京師，周太祖即以進逵為武平軍節度使。
Yan believed him and sent them out. Both were killed on arrival. Jinkui then struck Wuling, seized and executed Yan, and memorialized the court. Zhou Taizu at once appointed Jinkui military commissioner of Wuping.
世宗征淮南，授進逵南面行營都統。
When Shizong campaigned in Huainan, he named Jinkui overall commander of the southern expeditionary headquarters.
進逵攻鄂州，過岳州，岳州刺史潘叔嗣，進逵故時同列，待進逵甚謹。
Marching on Ezhou, Jinkui passed through Yuezhou, where Prefect Pan Shusi, once his comrade in arms, received him with scrupulous courtesy.
進逵左右就叔嗣求賂，叔嗣不與，左右讒其短，進逵面罵之，叔嗣慚恨，語其下曰：「進逵戰勝而還，吾無遺類矣。」
Jinkui's men demanded bribes; Shusi refused. They slandered him, and Jinkui berated him publicly. Ashamed and furious, Shusi told his officers, "If Jinkui wins and returns, none of us will be left alive."
進逵入鄂州，方攻下長山，叔嗣以兵襲武陵。
While Jinkui was inside Ezhou capturing Changshan, Shusi struck Wuling with an army.
進逵聞之，輕舟而歸，與叔嗣戰武陵城外，進逵敗，見殺。
Hearing the news, Jinkui raced back in light boats, fought Shusi outside Wuling, was defeated, and was killed.
與王進逵俱為靜江軍卒，事希萼為軍校。
He and Wang Jinkui had both served in the Jingjiang army under Xie as junior officers.
進逵攻邊鎬，行逢別破益陽，殺李景兵二千餘人，擒其將李建期。
While Jinkui fought Bian Hao, Xingfeng separately took Yiyang, killed more than two thousand Southern Tang troops, and captured General Li Jianqi.
進逵為武安軍節度使，拜行逢集州刺史，為進逵行軍司馬。
When Jinkui became military commissioner of Wu'an, Xingfeng was named prefect of Jizhou and served as his staff marshal.
進逵與劉言有隙，行逢為畫謀策襲殺言。
When Jinkui and Liu Yan fell out, Xingfeng devised the plot that killed Yan.
進逵據武陵，行逢據潭州。
Jinkui held Wuling while Xingfeng held Tanzhou.
潘叔嗣殺進逵，或勸其入武陵，叔嗣曰：「吾殺進逵，救死而已，武陵非吾利也。」
After Pan Shusi killed Jinkui, some urged him to seize Wuling. Shusi said, "I killed him to save myself. Wuling holds no profit for me."
若與武安，是吾使之殺王公也。」
To give him Wu'an would be to commission him to kill Lord Wang."