At the Hour of the Dragon on the fifteenth day of the ninth month, the Yan Kingdom's envoy Huangfu Zhen had an audience with the Great Jin emperor Sima Yi in Taiji Hall, then set off for home. Chen Caozhi naturally had to see him part of the way. By the time he returned to Jiankang from the White Egret Islet wharf, it was already afternoon. He then accompanied Ding Licheng to the Chancellery of the Book of Documents in Taicheng to call on Wang Biaozhi, Pushe of the Book of Documents and concurrently Minister of Personnel. Ding Licheng was a son of a gentry clan and had previously served as County Magistrate of Wuyang County in Qianwei Commandery, Yizhou. Zhou Chu, Inspector of Yizhou, had praised his reputation in office, and now he also had Huan Wen's recommendation. This was no extraordinary promotion, merely a transfer to another commandery and county, so Wang Biaozhi naturally would not obstruct it. He ordered a clerk of the Ministry of Personnel to check for vacant county magistracies in Wu Commandery, Wuxing, Kuaiji, and Dongyang. The clerk said, "These four commanderies are all prosperous places. No one but the sons of great clans can secure their commandery and county offices, and there are currently no vacancies. Only the other day, Dongyang Commandery reported that He Ming, County Magistrate of Wuning, was gravely ill and unable to attend to his duties. Their memorial proposed his son He Yao as his replacement."
Old and forgetful, Wang Biaozhi had no recollection of He Ming, the County Magistrate of Wuning. He asked, "Is He Ming a son of the Kuaiji He Clan?"
"Yes," the clerk replied.
Wang Biaozhi still remembered how He Sui and his nephew He Zhu had falsely accused the Qiantang Chen Clan of occupying