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Born into poverty, in 866 he failed his first attempt at the Jinshi examination. He was able to pass the examination at the bottom of the list next year, thus becoming a Jinshi in the eighth year of Xiantong (867). In the tenth year of Xiantong (869) he went to Suzhou on official business together with government officer Jian Qinghe, where he served as a low-ranking assistant to the local prefect. It was during the time spent there that he met Lu Guimeng,

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