Liu Bowen 刘伯温

刘基（1311年7月1日－1375年4月16日）字伯温，汉族，青田县南田乡（今属浙江省文成县）人。元末明初军事家、政治家及诗人，通经史、晓天文、精兵法。他以辅佐朱元璋完成帝业、开创明朝并尽力保持国家的安定，因而驰名天下，被后人比作为诸葛武侯。在文学史上，刘基与宋濂、高启并称"明初诗文三大家"。
Liu Ji (Jul. 1st, 1311-Apr. 16th, 1375), courtesy named Bowen, was of the Han nationality, and a native of Nantian township of Qingtian County (now Wencheng County, Zhejiang province). He was a strategist, statesman, and poet lived during the period between late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He thoroughly understood history, astronomy, and military science. He was famous for assisting Zhu Yuanzhang in completing the emperor's mode of governance, setting up the Ming Dynasty by devoting himself to the stability of the nation. As a result, he was favourably compared to Zhuge Liang. In literary history, he was named as one of the Three Great Prose Masters in the early Ming Dynasty along with Song Lian and Gao Qi.