唐太宗李卫公问对

Traditional form:

唐太宗李衛公問對

Pinyin (reading):

Táng Tàizōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wènduì

Definitions:

• "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 ( Lǐ Jìng) and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)

Characters:

• 唐 - the Tang dynasty; Chinese; empty, exaggerated; surname
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 问 - to ask about, to inquire after
• 对 - correct, right; facing, opposed

Traditional characters:

• 唐 - the Tang dynasty; Chinese; empty, exaggerated; surname
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 衛 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 問 - to ask about, to inquire after
• 對 - correct, right; facing, opposed