person
The Yellow Emperor
the Yellow Emperor
also: Huangdi, 黃帝
Legendary culture-hero and first sovereign of Chinese tradition, said to have subdued the lords of the four quarters in the wars that founded the realm. Cited as the first master of choosing ground.
Reading notes
- The Art of War §9.2 the Yellow Emperor
Huangdi, the legendary first sovereign, who conquered "the four emperors" — the lords of the four quarters — in tradition's founding wars; cited as the first master of choosing ground.