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military    the art of producing;  collecting;  training and 

drilling troops; and the correct theory with regard to measures 

of expediency; laying plans; transport of goods and the handling 

of soldiers  in strong contrast to later works; in which the 

science of war is usually blended with metaphysics;  divination 

and magical arts in general。



     3。  LIU T‘AO; in 6 CHUAN; or 60 chapters。  Attributed to Lu 

Wang  (or Lu Shang; also known as T‘ai Kung) of the 12th century 

B。C。 '74'  But its style does not belong to the era of the Three 

Dynasties。  Lu Te…ming (550…625 A。D。) mentions the work;  and 

enumerates the headings of the six sections so that the forgery 

cannot have been later than Sui dynasty。



     4。  WEI LIAO TZU; in 5 CHUAN。  Attributed to Wei Liao  (4th 

cent。 B。C。); who studied under the famous Kuei…ku Tzu。  The work 

appears to have been originally in 31 chapters; whereas the text 

we possess contains only 24。  Its matter is sound enough in the 

main;  though the strategical devices differ considerably from 

those of the Warring States period。  It is been furnished with a 

commentary by the well…known Sung philosopher Chang Tsai。



     5。  SAN LUEH; in 3 CHUAN。  Attributed to Huang…shih Kung;  a 

legendary personage who is said to have bestowed it on Chang 

Liang (d。 187 B。C。) in an interview on a bridge。  But here again; 

the style is not that of works dating from the Ch‘in or Han 

period。  The Han Emperor Kuang Wu '25…57 A。D。' apparently quotes 

from it in one of his proclamations; but the passage in question 

may have been inserted later on;  in order to prove   the 

genuineness of the work。  We shall not be far out if we refer it 

to the Northern Sung period '420…478 A。D。'; or somewhat earlier。



     6。  LI WEI KUNG WEN TUI; in 3 sections。  Written in the form 

of a dialogue between T‘ai Tsung and his great general Li Ching; 

it is usually ascribed to the latter。  Competent authorities 

consider it a forgery; though the author was evidently well 

versed in the art of war。



     7。  LI CHING PING FA (not to be confounded with the 

foregoing)  is a short treatise in 8 chapters; preserved in the 

T‘ung Tien; but not published separately。  This fact explains its 

omission from the SSU K‘U CH‘UAN SHU。



     8。  WU CH‘I CHING; in 1 CHUAN。  Attributed to the legendary 

minister Feng Hou; with exegetical notes by Kung…sun Hung of the 

Han dynasty (d。 121 B。C。); and said to have been eulogized by the 

celebrated general Ma Lung (d。 300 A。D。)。  Yet the earliest 

mention of it is in the SUNG CHIH。  Although a forgery; the work 

is well put together。



     Considering the high popular estimation in which Chu…ko 

Liang has always been held; it is not surprising to find more 

than one work on war ascribed to his pen。  Such are (1) the SHIH 

LIU TS‘E (1 CHUAN); preserved in the YUNG LO TA TIEN; (2)  CHIANG 

YUAN  (1 CHUAN);  and  (3) HSIN SHU  (1 CHUAN);  which steals 

wholesale from Sun Tzu。  None of these has the slightest claim to 

be considered genuine。

     Most of the large Chinese encyclopedias contain extensive 

sections devoted to the literature of war。  The following 

references may be found useful: 



     T‘UNG TIEN (circa 800 A。D。); ch。 148…162。

     T‘AI P‘ING YU LAN (983); ch。 270…359。

     WEN HSIEN TUNG K‘AO (13th cent。); ch。 221。

     YU HAI (13th cent。); ch。 140; 141。

     SAN TS‘AI T‘U HUI (16th cent)。

     KUANG PO WU CHIH (1607); ch。 31; 32。

     CH‘IEN CH‘IO LEI SHU (1632); ch。 75。

     YUAN CHIEN LEI HAN (1710); ch。 206…229。

     KU CHIN T‘U SHU CHI CH‘ENG (1726); section XXX; esp。 ch。 81…

      90。

     HSU WEN HSIEN T‘UNG K‘AO (1784); ch。 121…134。

     HUANG CH‘AO CHING SHIH WEN PIEN (1826); ch。 76; 77。



     The bibliographical sections of certain historical works 

also deserve mention: 



     CH‘IEN HAN SHU; ch。 30。

     SUI SHU; ch。 32…35。

     CHIU T‘ANG SHU; ch。 46; 47。

     HSIN T‘ANG SHU; ch。 57;60。

     SUNG SHIH; ch。 202…209。

     T‘UNG CHIH (circa 1150); ch。 68。



     To these of course must be added the great Catalogue of the 

Imperial Library: 



     SSU K‘U CH‘UAN SHU TSUNG MU T‘I YAO (1790); ch。 99; 100。





Footnotes

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1。  SHI CHI; ch。 65。



2。  He reigned from 514 to 496 B。C。



3。  SHI CHI; ch。 130。



4。  The appellation of Nang Wa。



5。  SHI CHI; ch。 31。



6。  SHI CHI; ch。 25。



7。  The appellation of Hu Yen; mentioned in ch。 39 under the year 

637。



8。  Wang…tzu Ch‘eng…fu; ch。 32; year 607。



9。  The mistake is natural enough。  Native critics refer to a 

work of the Han dynasty; which says:  〃Ten LI outside the WU gate 

'of the city of Wu; now Soochow in Kiangsu' there is a great 

mound; raised to commemorate the entertainment of Sun Wu of Ch‘i; 

who excelled in the art of war; by the King of Wu。〃



10。  〃They attached strings to wood to make bows; and sharpened 

wood to make arrows。  The use of bows and arrows is to keep the 

Empire in awe。〃



11。  The son and successor of Ho Lu。  He was finally defeated and 

overthrown by Kou chien; King of Yueh; in 473 B。C。  See post。



12。  King Yen of Hsu; a fabulous being; of whom Sun Hsing…yen 

says in his preface:  〃His humanity brought him to destruction。〃



13。  The passage I have put in brackets is omitted in the T‘U 

SHU; and may be an interpolation。  It was known; however to Chang 

Shou…chieh of the T‘ang dynasty; and appears in the T‘AI P‘ING YU 

LAN。



14。  Ts‘ao Kung seems to be thinking of the first part of chap。 

II; perhaps especially of ss。 8。



15。  See chap。 XI。



16。  On the other hand; it is noteworthy that WU TZU; which is 

not in 6 chapters; has 48 assigned to it in the HAN CHIH。  

Likewise; the CHUNG YUNG is credited with 49 chapters; though now 

only in one only。  In the case of very short works; one is 

tempted to think that P‘IEN might simply mean 〃leaves。〃



17。  Yeh Shih of the Sung dynasty '1151…1223'。



18。  He hardly deserves to be bracketed with assassins。



19。  See Chapter 7; ss。 27 and Chapter 11; ss。 28。



20。  See Chapter 11; ss。 28。  Chuan Chu is the abbreviated form 

of his name。



21。  I。e。 Po P‘ei。  See ante。



22。  The nucleus of this work is probably genuine; though large 

additions have been made by later hands。  Kuan chung died in 645 

B。C。



23。  See infra; beginning of INTRODUCTION。



24。  I do not know what this work; unless it be the last chapter 

of another work。  Why that chapter should be singled out; 

however; is not clear。



25。  About 480 B。C。



26。  That is; I suppose; the age of Wu Wang and Chou Kung。



27。  In the 3rd century B。C。



28。  Ssu…ma Jang…chu; whose family name was T‘ien; lived in the 

latter half of the 6th century B。C。; and is also believed to have 

written a work on war。  See SHIH CHI; ch。 64; and infra at the 

beginning of the INTRODUCTION。



29。  See Legge's Classics; vol。 V; Prolegomena p。 27。  Legge 

thinks that the TSO CHUAN must have been written in the 5th 

century; but not before 424 B。C。



30。  See MENCIUS III。 1。 iii。 13…20。



31。  When Wu first appears in the CH‘UN CH‘IU in 584; it is 

already at variance with its powerful neighbor。  The CH‘UN CH‘IU 

first mentions Yueh in 537; the TSO CHUAN in 601。



32。  This is explicitly stated in the TSO CHUAN; XXXII; 2。



33。  There is this to be said for the later period; that the feud 

would tend to grow more bitter after each encounter; and thus 

more fully justify the language used in XI。 ss。 30。



34。  With Wu Yuan himself the case is just the reverse:   a 

spurious treatise on war has been fathered on him simply because 

he was a great general。  Here we have an obvious inducement to 

forgery。  Sun Wu; on the other hand; cannot have been widely 

known to fame in the 5th century。



35。  From TSO CHUAN:  〃From the date of King Chao's accession 

'515' there was 

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