Wei Zhao (Three Kingdoms)

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Wei Zhao a minister serving under the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Wei Zhao had an intense talent when it came to writing and followed in receiving an important post by the current failure Emperor of Wu, Sun Hao. Throughout Wei Zhao's career as a writer, he composed the Wu Shu (Book of Wu), in which became a major reference of later history book of the Three Kingdoms. In the end however, Wei Zhao was executed by Sun Hao for possessing a rebellious attitude. When it came to statistics, Wei Zhao was one of 40 ministers to have been executed by the hands of Sun Hao within a period of ten years for reasons of not the greatest of calibur.