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Gong Ao
Gong Ao served as Pillar of State to King Huai of Chu during the rebellions against the Qin dynasty and led an army into the Nanjun region of the middle Yangtze. In 206 BCE Xiang Yu made him King of Linjiang, one of the eighteen kingdoms created after the fall of Qin. His son Gong Wei succeeded him.
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