姜子牙
Traditional form:
姜子牙
Pinyin (reading):
Jiāng Zǐyá
Definitions:
- Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 ( Zhōu Wénwáng) and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜／六韬 ( Liùtāo), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū)
Characters:
- 姜 - ginger; surname
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
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