Tian Xudong, 1954, born, Ph.D. in history, is now an associate professor at the College of Literature and Art of Northwest University. Mainly engaged in the study of the history and historical documents of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han dynasties, and published many insightful monographs and articles, especially on the study of military strategists.
Representative works include Notes on Yizhou Library Collection (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House 1995), Sima Fa Lun (People's Liberation Army Publishing House 1989), Sun Zi Lun (Gansu Nationalities Publishing House 1997) and On the Origin of Military Science in the Qi State in the Pre-Qin Dynasty (China Historical Research/KLOC)