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吳起

简吴起 · 繁吳起

Mandarin · pinyin Wú Qǐ#

Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子 Wú zǐ, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書 Wǔ jīng Qī shū

Mandarin · pinyin Wú qǐ#

see 吳起縣 Wú qǐ Xiàn

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吳: Look up this written character
起: qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
吴: wú · name of warring state; surname

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(～縣) Wuqi (a county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China)

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