Wujing Qishu (The Seven Military Classics) — the six besides the Sunzi 武經七書 · Ascribed to Jiang Taigong · ascribed to Huang Shigong · Wei Liao · Wu Qi · Sima Rangju · Li Jing · Warring States to Tang (4th century BC to 7th century AD) · 2 passages · 135 Chinese characters · reading time 0.5 min
Wujing Qishu (The Seven Military Classics) — the six besides the Sunzi Weiliaozi The six that remain when the Art of War of Sunzi is taken out of the seven military books the Song set as the texts for examining military officers. The Six Secret Teachings is sixty chapters of questions and answers in which King Wen and King Wu ask Taigong Wang, running from the governing of a state to chariots, cavalry, battle in the open and the crossing of water; the Three Strategies is three short books said to have been given to Zhang Liang by Huang Shigong; the Wei Liaozi is twenty-four chapters setting down in detail the military orders and the squads of five and ten around the time of Qin; the Wuzi is six chapters of Wu Qi's answers to Marquis Wu of Wei; the Methods of the Sima is five chapters handing down the military rites of before the Spring and Autumn period; and Questions and Replies with Li Weigong is three books in which Taizong of Tang and Li Jing go back and forth over the unorthodox and the orthodox, the empty and the full, the frontier peoples and the Han, and attack and defense. "Arms are an instrument of ill omen," "bring the enemy to you and do not be brought to him," and "a thousand chapters and ten thousand phrases do not go beyond that one phrase" all come from here. The remaining six streams of the military school, read after the Art of War, are gathered in one place.
Awe lies in not changing. Kindness lies in following the season. The turning point lies in answering each affair as it comes. Battle lies in ordering the spirit. Attack lies in going beyond what is looked for. Defense lies in what is shown on the outside. Freedom from fault lies in measure and number. Freedom from hardship lies in preparing beforehand. Care lies in fearing small things. Wisdom lies in ordering great things. Doing away with harm lies in daring to decide. Winning the host lies in putting oneself below others.
Regret lies in giving charge to a man you doubt. Calamity lies in slaughter. Partiality lies in much private interest. Ill fortune lies in hating to hear of one's own faults. Want of measure lies in using up the people's goods. Want of clearness lies in taking in what sows division. Want of substance lies in moving lightly. Narrowness lies in parting from the worthy. Misfortune lies in loving gain. Harm lies in keeping small men close. Ruin lies in having nothing one holds. Danger lies in having no commands.