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Mandarin · pinyin Liù tāo

“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書 Wǔ jīng Qī shū, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá

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六: liù · number six
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韬: tāo · sheath, scabbard, bow case

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Six Secret Teachings, treatise on civil and military strategy attributed to Jiang Ziya

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