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他的父亲王祚，任州郡小吏，很有心计，跟从晋祖到洛阳，掌管盐铁事务，因母亲年老辞职归家，汉祖镇守并门，统领行营兵马抵抗契丹，委用王祚管理粮草；汉祖即皇帝位，擢升他为三司副使。
父祚，为郡小吏，有心计，从晋祖入洛，掌盐铁案，以母老解职归。汉祖镇并门，统行营兵拒存丹，委祚经度刍粟；即位，擢为三司副使。
His father, Wang Zuo, was a minor official in the prefecture and had great wits. He followed the ancestor of the Jin dynasty to Luoyang, managed the salt and iron affairs, and resigned and returned home because his mother was old. The ancestor of the Han dynasty defended the Binmen, commanded the field army soldiers to resist Khitan, and appointed Wang Zuo to manage the grain. When the ancestor of the Han dynasty became emperor, he promoted him to deputy minister of the Three Departments.