 The local people designated him, with Wei Yingwu and Bai Juyi, as one of the ‘Three Worthies’ (三贤 sanxian), later to be commemorated in the ‘Three Worthies Hall’ (三贤堂).After Suzhou, he was posted to Ruzhou (in Henan) and Tongzhou (in Shaanxi).In 836, he left Tongzhou to take up a nominal post in the household of the Heir Apparent in Luoyang.