吴起

Traditional form:

吳起

Pinyin (reading):

Wú Qǐ

Definitions:

• Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子／吴子 ( Wúzǐ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)

Characters:

• 吴 - one of several warring states; surname
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 吳 - one of several warring states; surname
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up