Jiang Ziya
姜子牙
The strategist behind the Zhou conquest, now a figure of popular legend.
Weihui, Xinxiang
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Generals & Ministers
Strategists, reformers and commanders whose decisions still read as lessons.
6 entries, each linked to a place you can visit.
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Shang Yang
商鞅
The reformer whose laws turned Qin into the state that unified China.
Puyang
Zhang Liang
张良
One of the three founders of the Han, remembered for planning from the tent.
Yuzhou, Xuchang
Zhuge Liang
诸葛亮
He farmed at Nanyang before the three visits that changed the Three Kingdoms.
Nanyang
Sima Yi
司马懿
The patient commander whose family eventually founded the Jin dynasty.
Wenxian, Jiaozuo
Yue Fei
岳飞
The general whose loyalty became a byword, honoured at his temple in Tangyin.
Tangyin, Anyang