《三略》成书年代考辨

The Textual Research of the Writing Era of Three Strategies

《三略》乃闻名中国古代的兵家著作,与《孙子兵法》《吴起兵法》等六部兵家著作位列"武经七书",对于其出世年代众说纷纭,概括起来莫过于五说:西汉末年说、西汉年间说、战国中后期说、西晋南北朝说、东汉末年说。在这五种说法中,笔者倾向于《三略》出自西汉末年的说法,并有意从有关《三略》的古籍记载中对以上五种说法进行分析、排除。

Three Strategies is a well-known military masterpiece in ancient China.It is listed in the"Seven Military Books"with the six military masterpieces such as The Art of War and Wu Qi’s Art of War.Among the five statements concerning the writing year of the book,including the statements of the end of the Western Han Dynasty,the period of the Western Han Dynasty,the middle and late Warring States period,the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Western Jin Dynasty,and the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty,the author of this article is inclined to the statement of the end of the Western Han Dynasty and tries to analyzed and exclude the five statements among the ancient books which record the issues concerning Three Strategies.