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Wang Yu was an official.
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 29Volume 29 Book of Later Tang 5: Zhuangzong Annals 3 · 4 passages
三月，河中節度使朱友謙、昭義節度使李嗣昭、滄州節度使李存審、定州節度使王處直、邢州節度使李嗣源、成德軍兵馬留後張文禮、遙領天平軍節度使閻寶、大同軍節度使李存璋、新州節度使王鬱、振武節度使李存進、同州節度使朱令德，各遣使勸進，請帝紹唐帝位，帝報書不允。
In the third month Youqian of Hezhong, Sizhao of Zhaoyi, Cunshen of Cangzhou, Chuzhi of Ding, Siyuan of Xing, Wenli acting for Chengde, Yan Bao holding Taiping in title, Cunzhang of Datong, Yu of Xin, Cunjin of Zhenwu, and Lingde of Tong all urged Cunxu to take the throne; he wrote back refusing.
十二月辛未，王鬱誘契丹安巴堅寇幽州，
On xinwei in the twelfth month Wang Yu bribed the Khitan Anbajian to strike Youzhou,
〈（《契丹國志》：王處直在定州，以鎮、定為唇齒，恐鎮亡而定孤，乃潛使人語其子王鬱，使賂契丹，令犯塞以救鎮州之圍。
(The 《Annals of the Khitan State》 says Chuzhi at Ding feared that with Zhen lost he would be isolated, and secretly told his son Yu to bribe the Khitan to raid the border and save Zhen.
王鬱說太祖曰：「鎮州美女如雲，金帛似山，天皇速往，則皆為己物也；
Yu told the Khitan Taizu, "Zhen holds beauties like clouds and treasure like hills—march now and it is yours;