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Introduction

6. 35 1% A ﬂﬂ £5]- Li Wei Kung Wén Tui, in 3 sections.

Written in the form of a dialogue between T‘ai Tsung and his great general $ ﬁﬁ 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. 1

7. $ ﬁ 75‘: 5% Li Ching Ping Fa (not to be confounded with the foregoing) is a short treatise in 8 chapters, preserved in the Tang Tim, but not published separately. This fact explains its omission from the 5322’ K‘u C/z‘z'icm Sim.

8. *5 i? ﬂ Wu Ch‘i Ching, 2 in 1 c/zz'ian. Attributed to the legendary minister m E; Féng Hou, with exegetical notes by A 5%; 292—”; Kung-sun Hung of the Han dynasty ((1. BC. 121), and said to have been eulogised by the celebrated general ,% Ma Lung (d. A.D. 300). Yet the earliest mention of it is in the 5R Although a forgery, the work is well put together.3

Considering the high popular estimation in which % Effie Chu-ko Liang has always been held, it is not sur— prising to ﬁnd more than one work on war ascribed to his pen. Such are (1) the + 7'; Shih Liu Ts‘é (1 Milan), preserved in the 7']; % j: £13; Yang L0 Ta Tim,- (2) 11% ‘55, Chiang Yﬁan (1 ca); and (3) :1‘1‘ % Hsin Shu (1 CIA), which steals wholesale from Sun Tzu. None of these has the slightest claim to be considered genuine.

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