statement, otherwise I should have been inclined to hazard a guess and identify him with one 何去非 Ho Chʽü-fei , the author of a short treatise on war entitled 備論 , who lived in the latter part of the 11th century. 111 Ho Shih’s commentary, in the words of the Tʽien-i-ko catalogue, 有所裨益 “contains helpful additions” here and there, but is chiefly remarkable for the copious extracts taken, in adapted form, from the dynastic histories and other sources.