Master Yellow Stone (黃石公)

Overview

Master Yellow Stone was a Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 105

Works and attributed material

softness can overcome hardness and weakness can overcome strength 柔能制剛，弱能制強
Saying · Attributed author · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Master Yellow Stone (黃石公)
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 105

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 105

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 25: Yelu Honggu, Yelu Maliu, Xiao Dilie, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Chenjianu, Yelu Teme, Yelu Xiantong, Xiao Susa, Yelu Dabeinu · 1 passage

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此黃石公所謂柔能制剛，弱能制強也。 This is what Master Yellow Stone meant when he said that softness can overcome hardness and weakness can overcome strength.