Part 126

Loc. cit.: 然前世言善用兵稱曹公曹公嘗與董呂諸袁角其力而勝之遂與吳蜀分漢而 王傳言魏之將出兵千里每坐計勝敗授其成算諸將用之十不失一一有違者兵輒敗北.

Cf. 天一閣藏書總目 Catalogue of the library of the 范 Fan family at Ningpo, 子部, fol. 12 v^o: 其註多隱辭引而不發 “His commentary is frequently obscure; it furnishes a clue, but does not fully develop the meaning.”

See 玉海, ch. 141 ad init.

Wên Hsien T‘ung K‘ao, ch. 221, f. 9 v^o.

Ch. 207, f. 5 r^o.

It is interesting to note that M. Pelliot has recently discovered chapters 1, 4 and 5 of this lost work in the “Grottos of the Thousand Buddhas.” See B. E. F. E. O, t. VIII, nos. 3–4, p. 525.

Loc. cit.

Wên Hsien T‘ung K‘ao, ch. 221, f. 9: 世謂牧慨然最喜論兵欲試而不得者 其學能道春秋戰國時事甚博而詳知兵者有取焉.

Preface to his commentary (T‘u Shu, 經籍典, ch. 442): 武之所論大約 用仁義使機權也.

Ibid.: 自武死後凡千歲將兵者有成者有敗者勘其事跡皆與武所著書一一相抵當.

T‘ung K‘ao, loc. cit.: 皥以曹公注隱微杜牧注闊踈重爲之注云.

Ibid.

The Hsia, the Shang and the Chou. Although the last-named was nominally existent in Sun Tzŭ’s day, it retained hardly a vestige of power, and the old military organisation had practically gone by the board. I can suggest no other explanation of the passage.

See Chou Li, XXIX. 6–10.

See T‘u Shu, 戎政典, ch. 90, f. 2 v^o: 後之學者徒見其書又各牽於己 見是以注者雖多而少當也獨吾友聖兪不然嘗評武之書曰此戰國相傾之說也三代王者之師司馬 九伐之法武不及也然亦愛其文略而意深其行師用兵料敵制勝亦皆有法其言甚有序次而注者汨 之或失其意乃自爲注凡膠于偏見者皆抉去傅以己意而發之然後武之說不汨而明吾知此書當與三 家並傳而後世取其說者往往于吾聖兪多焉.

T‘ung K‘ao, ch. 221, f. 11 r^o: 晳以古本校正闕誤.

See 四庫全書, ch. 99, f. 16 v^o.

This appears to be still extant. See Wylie’s “Notes,” p. 91 (new edition).

T‘ung K‘ao, loc. cit.: 仁廟時天下久承平人不習兵元昊既叛邊將數敗朝廷頗 訪知兵者士大夫人人言兵矣故本朝注解孫武書者大抵皆其時人也.

A notable person in his day. His biography is given in the San Kuo Chih, ch. 10.

Ch. 100, ff. 2, 3.

See p. 144.

Hou Han Shu, ch. 17 ad init.

San Kuo Chih, ch. 54, f. 10 v^o (commentary).

Sung Shih, ch. 365 ad init.

The few Europeans who have yet had an opportunity of acquainting themselves with Sun Tzŭ are not behindhand in their praise. In this connection, I may perhaps be excused for quoting from a letter from Lord Roberts, to whom the sheets of the present work were submitted previous to publication: “Many of Sun Wu’s maxims are perfectly applicable to the present day, and no. 11 on page 77 is one that the people of this country would do well to take to heart.”

Ch. 140, f. 13 r^o.

See IV. § 3.