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 張載 Chang Tsai . 三略 San Lüeh in 3 chüan . Attributed to 黃石公 Huang-shih Kung , a legendary personage who is said to have bestowed it on Chang Liang ( d. 187 BC ) in an interview on a bridge. But here again, the style is not that of works dating from the Chʽin or Han period. The Han Emperor Kuang Wu (25⁠–⁠57 AD ) 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 AD ), or somewhat earlier. 李衛公問對 Li Wei Kung Wên Tui , in 3 sections. Written in the form of a dialogue between Tʽai Tsung and his great general 李靖 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. 李靖兵法 Li Ching Ping Fa (not to be confounded with the foregoing) is a short treatise in 8 chapters, preserved in the Tʽung Tien , but not published separately. This fact explains its omission from the Ssǔ Kʽu Chʽüan Shu . 握奇經 Wu Chʽi Ching , in 1 chüan . Attributed to the legendary minister 風后 Fêng Hou , with exegetical notes by 公孫宏 Kung-sun Hung of the Han dynasty ( d. 121 BC ), and said to have been eulogized by the celebrated general 馬隆 Ma Lung ( d. 300 AD ). Yet the earliest mention of it is in the 宋志 . Although a forgery, the work is well put together.

Considering the high popular estimation in which 諸葛亮 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 十六策 Shih Liu Tsʽê