Records on the Warring States: (3 Vol.s)

Chinese Title: 大中华文库—战国策（全三卷）
Title: Library of Chinese Classics-Records on the Warring States Period (3 Vol.s)
Publishing House: Guangxi Normal University Press
Author: Translator: Zhai Jiangyue
ISBN: 9787563368839
Edition: Chinese-English
Publishing Date: 2008-05
Format: 16mo
Cover: Luxury
Page: 1523pp
Spec: 240*160mm


Description:
Zhan Guo Ce, Records on the Warring States Period, Strategies of the Warring States, Intrigues of the Warring States

The author of Zhan Guo Ce is unknown. The edition extant today was compiled by Liu Xiang. The six versions of written works from the School of Negotiation were discovered by Liu Xiang during his editing and proofreading of the imperial literary collection. Those works of political views and diplomatic strategies from the School of Negotiation were in poor condition, comprised of confusing contents and missing words. Liu Xiang proofread and edited them into the new book under the title Zhan Guo Ce; it was therefore not written by a single author at one time.

Significant contents of Zhan Guo Ce were lost in subsequent centuries. Zeng Gong of the Northern Song Dynasty reclaimed some lost chapters from private collectors, proofread and edited the modern version. It is compiled according to 12 states as The East Zhou, West Zhou, Qin, Chu, Qi, Zhao, Wei I, Han, Yan, Song, Wei II and Zhongshan in 33 books. With the Ce Shu of those states as its master copy, the facts collected are credible with high authenticity and documentary value.