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Chêng Yu-hsien

A Qing dynasty editor of Sun Tzǔ's text.

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First appearance: bibliography

Chêng Yu-hsien shows up with force in The Text of Sun Tzǔ. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Author of the I Shuo, appended to Chi Tʽien-pao's edition and believed lost until rediscovered.

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In The Text of Sun Tzǔ: Author of the I Shuo, appended to Chi Tʽien-pao's edition and believed lost until…

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