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Dating and nature of early Chinese military writing

Started by Andreas Johansson, November 13, 2018, 09:02:31 AM

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Andreas Johansson

I chanced upon a paper about the dating and nature of the Seven Military Classics and other early military writing in the light of tomb finds of texts:

Writings on Warfare Found in Ancient Chinese Tombs, by Mark Edward Lewis (2005)

Not new, but might be interesting to some here :)
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Duncan Head

It's an interesting little paper. Lewis is the author of Sanctioned Violence in Early China , which has been on my to-read list for quite some time.
Duncan Head