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 First page of the Wei Liaozi, from a 3rd-century-BC edition | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 尉繚子 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 尉缭子 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Master Wei Liao | ||||||||||||||||
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The Wei Liaozi (Chinese: 尉繚子) is a text on military strategy, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China.[1] It was written during the Warring States period.[2]
- ^ Sawyer, Ralph D.; Mei Mei-chün Sawyer (1993). The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. Westview Press. ISBN 0813312280.
- ^ Van de Ven, Hans J. (2000). Warfare in Chinese History. Brill. p. 7. ISBN 9004117741.