Huángshígōng sān lüè 黃石公三畧
The Three Strategies of the Yellow-Stone Lord attributed to 黃石公 (Huángshígōng, the legendary Qín-period figure)
About the work
A three-juan classical military classic in three sections — Shàng lüè 上略, Zhōng lüè 中略, Xià lüè 下略 — pseudepigraphically attributed to Huángshígōng (the Yellow-Stone Lord), the legendary Qín-period figure who according to Shǐjì j. 55 transmitted a military classic to Zhāng Liáng on the Xiàpī bridge. The work is universally regarded as a post-Qín pseudepigraphon, conventionally dated to the Western Hàn or early Eastern Hàn. Within the Wǔ jīng qī shū canon (1080) this is the fifth-ranked work.
Abstract
The Sān lüè is one of the seven Wǔ jīng qī shū canonical military classics. Composition: Western or Eastern Hàn. The frontmatter brackets to ca. -100 to 100.
The bibliographic record: Suí shū jīngjí zhì; Wǔ jīng qī shū canonisation; SKQS Zǐbù — Bīngjiā lèi.
Translations and research
- Ralph D. Sawyer, The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China (1993) — translation.
Links
- Huángshígōng sùshū (KR3b0009) — companion pseudepigraphon by the same legendary author.
- Kyoto Zinbun, Sìkù quánshū zǒngmù tíyào
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata