Wang Dezhen
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Wang Dezhen (王德真) was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, briefly serving as a chancellor on two occasions—once during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, and once during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong, when Emperor Gaozong's wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) served as empress dowager and regent.
Despite Wang's high status, little is firmly established about his background or career except for the years that he served as chancellor — as, unusual for a chancellor, he did not have a biography in either the Old Book of Tang or the New Book of Tang.[1] According to the table of chancellors in the New Book of Tang, his father was Wang Wuxuan (王武宣), who at one point served as the prefect of Yue Prefecture (岳州, roughly modern Yueyang, Hunan).[2]