张良

Descendant of Han (韩) nobility who once tried to assassinate Qin Shi Huang with a 120-jin iron hammer. Later became Liu Bang's strategic genius, famously receiving the Taigong Art of War from the mysterious Yellowstone Elder (黄石公) after patiently retrieving the old man's shoe three times.

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His name is proverbial for the wise counsellor in the shadows — 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóu-wéiwò, 'planning strategies from within a command tent') was Liu Bang's praise for him.