尉缭

Traditional form:

尉繚

Pinyin (reading):

Wèi Liáo

Definitions:

• Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng), possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子／尉缭子 ( Wèi Liáozi) text on military strategy

Characters:

• 尉 - officer, military rank
• 缭 - confused; to bind; to wind around

Traditional characters:

• 尉 - officer, military rank
• 繚 - confused; to bind; to wind around