Liu Bowen

Liu Ji (1311–1375), courtesy name Bowen and commonly called Liu Bowen, was a strategist, scholar and official of the late Yuan and early Ming, born in Qingtian, Zhejiang. After passing the Yuan jinshi examination he served the Mongol regime for 25 years before retiring from office.

In 1360 he joined the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang and advised him through the campaigns that overthrew the Yuan and founded the Ming in 1368. With Jiao Yu he compiled the military treatise Huolongjing, or Fire Dragon Manual. He later fell out with the chancellor Hu Weiyong and died in 1375, possibly poisoned.