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Baijiangzhuan 百將傳 "Biographies of one hundred generals", also called Shiqishi bajiang zhuan 十七史百將傳, is a military treatise written during the Song period 宋 (960-1279) by Zhang Yu 張預, courtesy name Gongli 公立. It has a length of 100 juan and includes critical biographies of one hundred generals in Chinese history, from the Western Zhou 西周 (11th cent.-770 BCE) to the Five Dynasties period 五代 (907-960). There is a commentary written by Zhai Andao 翟安道 (fl. 1183).
The author analyses the practical use of military classics like the Sunzi bingfa 孫子兵法. Later scholars have criticised the book for trying to analyse historical facts with ancient texts, which seems to be an anachronism. The book was, nevertheless, very popular and has often been commented on. There are even two supplements written during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by He Qiaoxing 何喬新 (1427-1502; Baijiangzhuan xubian 百將傳續編) and Huang Daozhou 黄道周 (1585-1646; Guang mingjiangzhuang 廣名將傳).
There are many prints of the Baijiangzhuan. In the oldest surviving print of the Song period, the book is titled Zhangshi jizhu baijiang zhuan 張氏集注百將傳 "Master Zhang's collected commentaries to the Baijiazhuan". There are old fragmentary prints preserved in the Shanghai Library 上海圖書館, the Tianyige Library 天一閣 in Ningbo in 8 juan, and one in the Nanjing Library 南京圖書館 in 10 juan. Yuan- 元 (1279-1368) and Ming-period prints bear the title Shiqishi baijiang zhuan 十七史百將傳 "Biographies of one hundred generals from the seventeen official dynastic histories". A 10-juan-long version with this title is preserved in the Beijing Library 北京圖書館.
| 1 | 周齊太公 Qi Taigong, 吳孫武 Sun Wu, 越范蠡 Fan Li, 齊孫臏 Sun Bin, 齊田穰苴 Tian Rangju, 魏吳起 Wu Qi, 秦白起 Bai Qi, 秦王翦 Wang Jian, 燕樂毅 Yue Yi, 趙李牧 Li Mu |
| 2 | 趙趙奢 Zhao She, 趙廉頗 Lian Po, 齊田單 Tian Dan, 前漢張良 Zhang Liang, 前漢韓信 Han Xin, 前漢周亞夫 Zhou Yafu, 前漢李廣 Li Guang, 前漢衛青 Wei Qing, 前漢霍去病 Huo Qubing, 前漢趙充國 Zhao Chongguo |
| 3 | 前漢陳湯 Chen Tang, 前漢馮奉世 Feng Fengshi, 後漢鄧禹 Deng Yu, 後漢寇恂 Kou Xun, 後漢馮異 Feng Yi, 後漢岑彭 Cen Peng, 後漢賈復 Jia Fu, 後漢吳漢 Wu Han, 後漢耿弇 Geng Yan, 後漢耿恭 Geng Gong |
| 4 | 後漢王霸 Wang Ba, 後漢臧宮 Zang Gong, 後漢祭遵 Ji Zun, 後漢馬援 Ma Yuan, 後漢班超 Ban Chao, 後漢虞詡 Yu Xu, 後漢皇甫規 Huangfu Gui, 後漢張奂 Zhang Huan, 後漢段紀明 Duan Jiming, 後漢皇甫嵩 Huangfu Song |
| 5 | 後漢朱儁 Zhu Jun, 魏張遼 Zhang Liao, 魏張郃 Zhang He, 魏徐晃 Xu Huang, 魏李典 Li Dian, 魏鄧艾 Deng Ai, 魏司馬懿 Sima Yi, 蜀諸葛亮 Zhuge Liang, 蜀關羽 Guan Yu, 蜀張飛 Zhang Fei |
| 6 | 吳周瑜 Zhou Yu, 吳呂蒙 Lü Meng, 吳陸遜 Lu Xun, 吳陸抗 Lu Kang, 晉羊祜 Yang Hu, 晉杜預 Du Yu, 晉王濬 Wang Jun, 晉馬隆 Ma Long, 晉周訪 Zhou Fang, 晉陶侃 Tao Kan |
| 7 | 晉謝玄 Xie Xuan, 燕慕容恪 Murong Ke, 秦王猛 Wang Meng, 宋檀道濟 Tan Daoji, 宋王鎮惡 Wang Zhen'e, 梁韋叡 Wei Rui, 梁王僧辨 Wang Sengbian, 陳吳明徹 Wu Mingche, 魏崔浩 Cui Hao, 魏于謹 Yu Jin |
| 8 | 齊斛律光 Hulü Guang, 周宇文憲 Yuwen Xian, 周韋孝寬 Wei Xiaokuan, 隋楊素 Yang Su, 隋長孫晟 Zhangsun Sheng, 隋韓擒 Han Qin, 隋賀若弼 He Ruobi, 隋史萬歲 Shi Wansui, 唐李孝恭 Li Xiaogong, 唐尉遲恭 Yuchi Gong |
| 9 | 唐李靖 Li Jing, 唐李績 Li Ji, 唐蘇定方 Su Dingfang, 唐薛仁貴 Xue Rengui, 唐裴行儉 Pei Xingjian, 唐唐休璟 Tang Xiujing, 唐張仁願 Zhang Renyuan, 唐王晙 Wang Jun, 唐郭元振 Guo Yuanzhen, 唐李嗣業 Li Siye |
| 10 | 唐李光弼 Li Guangbi, 唐郭子儀 Guo Ziyi, 唐李抱真 Li Baozhen, 唐李晟 Li Sheng, 唐李愬 Li Shuo, 唐馬燧 Ma Sui, 唐渾瑊 Hun Jian, 唐王忠嗣 Wang Zhongsi, 梁劉鄩 Liu Xun, 周劉詞 Liu Ci |