Wang Ye (260–271) was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served under the Jin dynasty (266–420) after Cao Wei was replaced by the Jin dynasty.
Life Wang Ye was from Wuling Commandery (武陵郡),(〈《世语》曰：业，武陵人，后为晋中护军。) Shiyu annotation in Sanguozhi, vol.04. which is around present-day Changde, Hunan. He started his career as an official in the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period and served as a Regular Mounted Attendant (散騎常侍). In 260, the Wei emperor Cao Mao secretly summoned Wang Chen, Wang Jing and Wang Ye to discuss a plan to remove the regent Sima Zhao from power. However, Wang Chen and Wang Ye refused to participate in the plot and instead secretly reported it to Sima Zhao. Cao Mao failed in his coup against Sima Zhao and ended up being killed in June.Sanguozhi, vol.04
Wang Ye continued serving under the Western Jin, which replaced the Cao Wei state after Sima Zhao's son, Sima Yan, usurped the throne from the last Wei emperor Cao Huan. In the early years of Sima Yan's reign, Wang Ye was promoted to Central Protector of the Army (中護軍). On 10 April 271,gui'si day of the 3rd month of the 7th year of the Tai'shi era, per Emperor Wu's biography in Book of Jin Sima Yan appointed him and Sima Gui (司馬珪; son of Sima FuJin Shu, vol.37. Vol.211 of Taiping Yulan and vol.48 of Yiwen Leiju, citing Jin Zhu Gong Zan, recorded that Sima Gui was 37 (by East Asian reckoning) when he was appointed.) as the Left and Right Supervisors of the Masters of Writing respectively.
See also Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms
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Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi). Fang, Xuanling (ed.) (648). Book of Jin (Jin Shu). Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).