Huang Shi Gong was a person from the Qin and Han dynasties. He later became immortal and was included in the pantheon of gods by Taoism. The Records of the Grand Historian: The Family of Lord Liu states that he avoided the chaos of the Qin dynasty and went into hiding in Xiapi, in the eastern sea. At that time, Zhang Liang, who had failed in his plot to assassinate the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, went into hiding in Xiapi and met Huangshigong on the bridge in Xiapi. After three trials, Huangshigong gave Zhang Liang the Art of War and said before he left, “Thirteen years from now, at the foot of the mountain in Jibei Valley, Huangshi will be me.” Zhang Liang later used the military treatise taught by Huang Shigong to help Liu Bang, the first Han emperor, conquer the world. Thirteen years later, he found Huang Shi under the mountain at Jibei Valley City and built a shrine to him. The two books “Huang Shigong Su Shu” and “Huang Shigong San Lue” were passed down through the generations, but were actually written by later generations.

黄石公本为秦汉时人，后得道成仙，被道教纳入神谱。《史记·留候世家》称其避秦世之乱，隐居东海下邳。其时张良因谋刺秉始皇不果，亡匿下邳，于下邳桥上遇到黄石公。黄石公三试张良后，授予《太公兵法》,临别时有言：“十三年后，在济北谷城山下，黄石即我矣。”张良后来以黄石公所授兵书助汉高祖刘邦夺得天下，并于十三年后，在济北谷城下找到了黄石，取而葆祠之。后世流传有《黄石公素书》和《黄石公三略》二书，盖为后人托名所作。