Yinqueshan Han Slips
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The Yinqueshan Han Slips (Chinese: 銀雀山漢簡; pinyin: Yínquèshān Hànjiǎn) were discovered in 1972 in Tombs no. 1 and 2 at the foot of Yinqueshan (Silver Sparrow Mountain), located southeast of the city of Linyi in the province of Shandong. Discovered in Tomb no. 1 were 4942 bamboo strips covered in closely written words and included portions of known texts, as well as a number of previously unknown military and divination texts, some of which were shown to resemble chapters in Guanzi and Mozi. The occupant had been identified as a military officer bearing the surname Sima.
Tomb no. 2, unearthed the same year, contained 32 strips of bamboo writings which clearly represent sections of a calendar for the year 134 BC.
The time of burial for both tombs had been dated to about 140 BC/134 BC and 118 BC, the texts having been written on the bamboo slips before then. After restoration and arrangement, the slips were organised into a sequential order of nine groups and 154 sections. The first group included 13 fragment chapters from Sunzi's The Art of War, and 5 undetermined chapters; the second group were the 16 chapters of Sun Bin's Art of War, which had been missing for at least 1,400 years; the third included the 7 original and lost chapters from the Six Strategies (before this significant find only the titles of the lost chapters were known); the fourth and fifth included 5 chapters from the Weiliaozi and 16 chapters from the Yanzi; the rest of the groups included anonymous writings.
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| Group | Chinese | Translation | ## |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 孫子兵法 （十三篇殘文；佚文五篇） |
Sunzi's Art of War (13 chapters and 5 attributed chapters) | 001-018 |
| 02 | 孫臏兵法 （十六篇） |
Sun Bin's Art of War (16 chapters) | 019-034 |
| 03 | 尉繚子 （五篇） |
Weiliaozi (5 chapters) | 035-039 |
| 04 | 晏子 （十六篇） |
Yanzi (16 chapters) | 040-055 |
| 05 | 六韜 （七篇殘文；傳本佚文七篇） |
Six Strategies (7 original and attributed chapters) | 056-069 |
| 06 | 守法、守令十三篇 （十篇）</span> |
