孟知祥
As of 929, Wang Chuhui was serving as the deputy chief of staff (中門副使, "Zhongmen Fushi") under Meng Zhixiang the Later Tang-commissioned military governor ("Jiedushi") of Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan). That year, there was an occasion when a younger brother of the officer Meng Rong (), who was serving as a tax collector, had embezzled from the tax funds and was sentenced to death. On account of Meng Rong, Wang and Meng Zhixiang's secretary Feng Qu () sought lenity for Meng Rong's brother. Meng Zhixiang refused, stating that even if the guilty were his own brother, he would not have shown lenity.