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This article is selected from the Warring States Policy written by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiang (about 77-6 years ago) was born in Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and his ancestral home was Fengyi (now Fengxian, Jiangsu). Confucian classics, bibliographers and writers in the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Xiang's prose is mainly Narrative of Qin Shu and Collating Ancient Books, among which the famous ones are Sword Shadow Changling Book and Narrative of Warring States Policy, which are characterized by simple narration, fluent theory and ease.
The Warring States Policy mainly describes the political opinions and strategies of strategists during the Warring States period, and shows the historical characteristics and social features of the Warring States period. This is an important book for studying the history of the Warring States. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang compiled thirty-three articles, the topics of which were also drawn up by Liu Xiang. Ceng Gong made up for the deficiency in the Song Dynasty. There was a high lure note in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is incomplete today. Song Baobiao changed the order of the original book and made new notes. As a proofreading note, Wu Yuan's book has a supplementary note for the present, and a new note for the Warring States policy for the present.