New Book of Mengde
In Chapter 60, Liu Zhang sent Zhang Song as an envoy to meet Cao Cao in Xuchang. Zhang Song ridiculed Cao Cao in front of Cao's registrar Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu then showed Zhang Song the New Book of Mengde (孟德新書), a military strategy book written by Cao Cao based on the model of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Zhang Song looked through the book and laughed and said, "Even young children in Shu can recite this book, how can it be a "new book"? This book was written by an anonymous writer during the Warring States Period. Chancellor Cao plagiarised the book, and people like you are deceived by him." Zhang Song then recited the book verbatim to convince Yang Xiu. When Yang Xiu told Cao Cao about the incident later, Cao Cao tore up the book and burnt it.
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