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 its style does not belong to the era of the Three Dynasties. Lu Tê-ming (550–625 A.D.) mentions the work, and enumerates the headings of the six sections,, , , , and , so that the forgery cannot have been later than the Sui dynasty.

4. Wei Liao Tzŭ, in 5 chüan. Attributed to Wei Liao (4th cent. B.C.), who studied under the famous Kuei-ku Tzŭ. The, under , mentions a book of Wei Liao in 31 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 has been furnished with a commentary by the well-known Sung philosopher Chang Tsai.

5. San Lüeh, in 3 chüan. Attributed to Huang-shih Kung, a legendary personage who is said to have bestowed it on Chang Liang (d. B.C. 187) in an interview on a bridge. But here again, the style is not that of works dating from the Ch‘in or Han period. The Han Emperor Kuang Wu [A.D. 25–57] 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 A.D.], or somewhat earlier.