Hǔ qián jīng 虎鈐經
The Tiger-Seal Classic by 許洞 (Xǔ Dòng, zì Dòngfū 洞夫, 宋)
About the work
A 20-juan early-Northern-Sòng comprehensive military treatise by Xǔ Dòng, completed in Xiánpíng 3 (1000). The work covers the full range of pre-Sòng military classical theory plus extensive practical-administrative material on troop deployment, fortification, frontier strategy, and military astrology. Composition: precisely datable to 1000. The frontmatter brackets to 1000–1000.
Abstract
The Hǔ qián jīng is the principal pre-Wǔ jīng zǒng yào (KR3b0012) Northern Sòng military treatise. Substantively superseded by the imperial Wǔ jīng zǒng yào of 1044, but substantively important as a private-scholarly compilation of the same generation.
The bibliographic record: Sòng shǐ yìwén zhì; SKQS Zǐbù — Bīngjiā lèi.