https://archive.org/details/SevenMilitaryClassicsOfAncientChina2/mode/2up
https://www.amazon.com/Military-Classics-Ancient-History-Warfare/dp/0465003044
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Military_Classics
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According to Ralph D. Sawyer and Mei-chün Sawyer, who created one of the latest translations, the Seven Military Classics include the following texts:[3]
- Jiang Ziya (Taigong)'s Six Secret Teachings (六韜)
- The Methods of the Sima (司馬法) (also known as Sima Rangju Art of War)
- Sun Tzu's The Art of War (孫子兵法)
- Wu Qi's Wuzi (吳子)
- Wei Liaozi (尉繚子)
- Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (黃石公三略)
- Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong (唐太宗李衛公問對)
There are no other known variations of the Seven Military Classics anthology with alternating members but the constituent works themselves have had many multiple versions, especially The Art of War, which has had at least several dozen different translations to English in the 20th Century alone.
Despite prominence of military texts in the Yi Zhou shu, none of the anthology chapters were regarded as classics.[4]
