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夏黃公

简夏黄公 · 繁夏黃公

Mandarin · pinyin Xià Huáng gōng

Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公 Huáng Shí gōng (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 Qín dài and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略 Huáng Shí gōng Sān lüè, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書 Wǔ jīng Qī shū

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夏: xià · summer; great, grand, big
黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
黄: huáng · yellow; surname

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4–2–1 · Xia4 Huang2 gong1

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haa6 wong4 gung1

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