(1 chüan ), preserved in the 永樂大典 Yung Lo Ta Tien ; (2) 將苑 Chiang Yüan (1 chüan ); and (3) 心書 Hsin Shu (1 chüan ), which steals wholesale from Sun Tzǔ . 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:—
通典 Tʽung Tien (circa 800 AD ), ch. 148–162
太平御覧 Tʽai Pʽing Yu Lan (983), ch. 270–35.
文獻通考 Wen Hsien Tung Kʽao (13th cent.), ch. 221.
玉海 Yu Hai (13th cent.), ch. 140, 141.
三才圖會 San Tsʽai Tʽu Hui (16th cent), 人事 ch. 7, 8.
廣博物志 Kuang Po Wu Chih (1607), ch. 31, 32.
潛確類書 Chʽien Chʽüeh Lei Shu (1632), ch. 75.
淵鑑類函 Yüan Chien Lei Han (1710), ch. 206–229
古今圖書集成 Ku Chin Tʽu Shu Chi Chʽeng (1726), section XXX , esp. ch. 81–90
續文獻通考 Hsu Wen Hsien Tʽung Kʽao (1784), ch. 121–134
皇朝經世文編 Huang Chʽao Ching Shih Wen Pien (1826), ch. 76, 77.
The bibliographical sections of certain historical works also deserve mention:—
前漢書 Chʽien Han Shu , ch. 30.
隋書 Sui Shu , ch. 32–35