Xià Huáng gōngdictionary entry
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Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huáng Shí gōng] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín dài] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huáng Shí gōng Sān lüè], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū]
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夏黃公 夏黄公 [Xia4 Huang2 gong1] /Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]/

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Other forms in these source records: 夏黃公

  • 夏
    xià

    summer

    Xià

    the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432) / surname Xia

  • 黄
    huáng

    yellow / pornographic / to fall through

    Huáng

    surname Huang or Hwang

  • 公
    gōng

    public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

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