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One thing to be noticed in the above is the explicit statement that the 13 chapters were specially composed for King Ho Lu. This is supported by the internal evidence of I. § 15, in which it seems clear that some ruler is addressed.

In the bibliographical section of the Han Shu, there is an entry which has given rise to much discussion: “The works of Sun Tzŭ of Wu in 82 p‘ien (or chapters), with diagrams in 9 chüan.” It is evident that this cannot be merely the 13 chapters known to Ssŭ-ma Ch‘ien, or those we possess to-day. Chang Shou-chieh in his refers to an edition of Sun Tzŭ’s  of which the “13 chapters” formed the first chüan, adding that there were two other chüan besides. This has brought forth a theory, that the bulk of these 82 chapters consisted of other writings of Sun Tzŭ — we should call them apocryphal — similar to the Wên Ta, of which a specimen dealing with the Nine Situations is preserved in the  T‘ung Tien, and another in Ho Shih’s commentary. It is suggested