person
Zhuan Zhu
also: 專諸
Assassin of Wu who killed King Liao with a dagger hidden in a fish (515 BC), putting Helü — Sun Tzu's traditional patron — on the throne, at the certain cost of his own life. A byword for the courage of a man with no way back.
Reading notes
- The Art of War §11.3 Zhuan Zhu
Assassin of Wu who killed King Liao with a dagger hidden in a fish (515 BC), enthroning Helü at the certain cost of his own life; a byword for the courage of a man with no way back.