Great Wall Bookstore, Las Vegas Collectable Bamboo Scroll (Carving in English/Chinese on Double-Sided Bamboo Scroll) : 36 Stratagems

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Bamboo scroll size: 18.75" x 6.25".The Thirty-Six Stratagems have variably been attributed to Sun Tzu from the Spring and Autumn Period of China, or Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms period, but neither are regarded as the true author by historians. Instead, the prevailing view is that the Thirty-Six Stratagems may have originated in both written and oral history, with many different versions compiled by different authors throughout Chinese history. Some stratagems reference occurrences in the time of Sun Bin, approx. 150 years after Sun Wu's death.[4]The original hand-copied paperback that is the basis of the current version was believed to have been discovered in China's Shaanxi province, of an unknown date and author, and put into print by a local publisher in 1941. The Thirty-Six Stratagems only came to the public's attention after a review of it was published in the Chinese Communist Party's Guangming Daily (???????????????????????????) newspaper on September 16, 1961. It was subsequently reprinted and distributed with growing popularity.