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 6. Li Wei Kung Wên Tui, in 3 sections. Written in the form of a dialogue between T‘ai Tsung and his great general 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.

7. Li Ching Ping Fa (not to be confounded with the foregoing) is a short treatise in 8 chapters, preserved in the T‘ung Tien, but not published separately. This fact explains its omission from the Ssŭ K‘u Ch‘üan Shu.

8. Wu Ch‘i Ching, in 1 chüan. Attributed to the legendary minister Fêng Hou, with exegetical notes by  Kung-sun Hung of the Han dynasty (d. B.C. 121), and said to have been eulogised by the celebrated general  Ma Lung (d. A.D. 300). Yet the earliest mention of it is in the. Although a forgery, the work is well put together.

Considering the high popular estimation in which 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 Shih Liu Ts‘ê (1 chüan), preserved in the  Yung Lo Ta Tien; (2)  Chiang Yüan (1 ch.); and (3)  Hsin Shu (1 ch.), which steals wholesale from Sun Tzŭ. None of these has the slightest claim to be considered genuine.