shāng​shān​sì​hào

Four Recluses of Mount Shang

Senses

商山四皓 shāng​shān​sì​hào Four Recluses of Mount Shang

the four elderly hermits who retired to Mount Shang during the late Qin Dynasty to avoid the chaos of war and later helped stabilize the succession of the Han Dynasty

References

abbreviation 四皓/四皓 商山四皓/商山四皓