夏黄公

Traditional form:

夏黃公

Pinyin (reading):

Xià Huánggōng

Definitions:

• Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公／黄石公 ( Huáng Shígōng) (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 ( Qíndài) and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略／黄石公三略 ( Huáng Shígōng Sānlüè), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)

Characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke

Traditional characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke