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Yu Dayou | |
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俞大猷 | |
Born | 1503 |
Died | 1579 (aged 75–76) |
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Occupation(s) | Martial artist, military general, writer |
Children | Yu Zigao |
Yu Dayou | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 俞大猷 | ||||||||
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(art name)Zhifu | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 志輔 | ||||||||
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Yu Dayou (1503–1579), courtesy name Zhifu, art name Xujiang, was a Chinese martial artist, military general, and writer best known for countering the wokou pirates along China's southeastern coast during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty.