韜

bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy

to ladle out / to scoop up

surname Wei

soft leather

to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel

"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lüe4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]

Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女|贫女[Pin2 nü3]

Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher

military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lüe4]

military strategy and tactics / the imperial guard

“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]