司马穰苴
Traditional form:
司馬穰苴
Pinyin (reading):
Sīmǎ Rángjū
Definitions:
- Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國／齐国 ( Qíguó) and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法／司马法 ( Sīmǎ Fǎ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)
Characters:
- 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
- 马 - horse; surname
- 穰 - stalks of grain; lush, abundant
- 苴 - hemp; sack-cloth
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