person
Lü Ya
also: Jiang Ziya, Taigong Wang, 呂牙
Counselor who left the service of Yin (Shang) to guide the kings of Zhou to the conquest of the dynasty he had served; revered later as the patriarch of Chinese strategy. Cited as the model of the highest intelligence used as a spy.
Reading notes
- The Art of War §13.3 Lü Ya
Jiang Ziya, the counselor who left Yin (Shang) service to guide the kings of Zhou to conquest; later revered as the patriarch of Chinese strategy.