伍子胥
Traditional form:
伍子胥
Pinyin (reading):
Wǔ Zǐxū
Definitions:
- Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
Characters:
- 伍 - five, company of five; troops
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 胥 - all, together, mutually
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