高祖 'High Ancestor' is what Sima Qian calls
刘邦, the village constable who founded the Han dynasty. His annals follow him from the rising against Qin to the throne, and record his song
大风起兮云飞扬 'a great wind rises, the clouds fly high' and his praise of
张良 that gave the idiom
运筹帷幄.