Chancellor who helped 司马睿 set up the Eastern Jin court in Jiankang (Nanjing) after the north fell. His Wang clan is the Wang of 刘禹锡's line 旧时王谢堂前燕, the swallows of the old Wang and Xie halls.
Wang Dao assisted Sima Rui in founding the Eastern Jin dynasty.
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People of his day said 王与马，共天下, 'the Wangs and the Simas share the realm': his Wang clan held power side by side with the Sima emperors of Eastern Jin.
