Editing Chinese classics (section)

====Philosophy branch====
The philosophical typology of individual pre-imperial texts has in every case been applied retroactively, rather than consciously within the text itself.<ref name="Smith 2003">{{Cite journal |first=Kidder |last=Smith |title=Sima Tan and the Invention of Daoism, 'Legalism,' et cetera |journal=Journal of Asian Studies |volume=62 |issue=1 |year=2003 |pages=129–156 |jstor=3096138 |publisher=Duke University Press|doi=10.2307/3096138 }}</ref> The categorization of works of these genera has been highly contentious, especially in modern times. Many modern scholars reject the continued usefulness of this model as a heuristic for understanding the shape of the intellectual landscape of the time.{{sfnp|Csikszentmihalyi|Nylan|2003|pp=59–99}}{{sfnp|Meyer|2012|pp=247–249}}{{sfnp|Grebnev|2022|pp=2–3, 254–255}}
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!Title
!Description
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!Confucianism (excluding Classics branch)
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|''[[Kongzi Jiayu]]''
|Collection of stories about Confucius and his disciples. Authenticity disputed.
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|''[[Xunzi (book)|Xunzi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Xun Kuang]], an ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings that makes the distinction between what is born in man and what must be learned through rigorous education.
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!Seven Military Classics
!{{main|Seven Military Classics}}
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|''[[Six Secret Teachings]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Jiang Ziya]]
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| ''[[The Art of War]]''
|Attributed to [[Sunzi]].
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| ''[[Wuzi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Wu Qi]].
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| ''[[The Methods of the Sima]]''
|Attributed to [[Sima Rangju]].
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| ''[[Wei Liaozi]]'' 
|Attributed to Wei Liao.
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| ''[[Three Strategies of Huang Shigong]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Jiang Ziya]].
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|  ''[[Thirty-Six Stratagems]]'' 
| Recently recovered.
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!Legalism
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| ''[[Guanzi (text)|Guanzi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Guan Zhong]].
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|''[[Deng Xizi]]''{{csni|date=August 2024}}
|Fragment
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|''[[The Book of Lord Shang]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Shang Yang]].
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| ''[[Han Feizi (book)|Han Feizi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Han Fei]].
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| ''Shenzi'' 
|Attributed to [[Shen Buhai]]. All but one chapter is lost.
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|''[[Canon of Laws]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Li Kui (legalist)|Li Kui]].
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!Medicine
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|''[[Huangdi Neijing]]''
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|''[[Nan Jing (Chinese medicine)|Nan Jing]]''
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!Miscellaneous
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|''[[Yuzi (book)|Yuzi]]''{{csni|date=August 2024}}
|Fragment
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|''[[Mozi#Works and influence|Mozi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Mozi]].
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|''Yinwenzi''{{csni|date=August 2024}}
|Fragment
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|''Shenzi''
| Attributed to [[Shen Dao]]. It originally consisted of ten volumes and forty-two chapters, of which all but seven chapters have been lost.
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|''[[Heguanzi]]''
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|''[[Gongsun Long|Gongsun longzi]]''
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|''[[Guiguzi]]''
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|''[[Lüshi Chunqiu]]'' 
|An encyclopedia of ancient classics edited by [[Lü Buwei]].
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|''[[Shizi (book)|Shizi]]'' 
|Attributed to Shi Jiao
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!Mythology
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|''[[Classic of Mountains and Seas]]''
|A compilation of early geography descriptions of animals and myths from various locations around China.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOUYcJXKrO8C&q=classic+of+mountains+and+seas |title=The Classic of Mountains and Seas |year=2000 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-44719-4}}</ref>
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|[[Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven]]
|tells the tale of king mu and his quest for immortality and after receiving it sadness over the death of his lover.
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!Taoism
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|''[[Tao Te Ching]]''
|Attributed to [[Laozi]].
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|''[[Guan Yinzi]]''{{csni |date=August 2024}}
|Fragment
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| ''[[Liezi]]''
|Attributed to [[Lie Yukou]].
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| ''[[Zhuangzi (book)|Zhuangzi]]'' 
|Attributed to [[Zhuang Zhou]].
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|''[[Wenzi]]''
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