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枢密使杨复恭遇到了他，从隐士推荐他任太常博士，又升任度支员外郎。
枢密使杨复恭遇之，以处士荐为太常博士，进度支员外郎。
When he met Yang Fugong, the secret envoy, he recommended him to be a doctor from a hermit and then promoted him to be deputy secretary of the Ministry of Finance.