Wu Qi
Alternatively, a number of scholars, beginning in the 18th century, have suggested that the "Zuo Zhuan" was actually the product of one Wu Qi (; d. 381 or 378BC), a military leader who served in the State of Wei and who, according to the "Han Feizi", was from a place called "Zuoshi". In 1792, the scholar Yao Nai wrote: "The text ["Zuo zhuan"] did not come from one person. There were repeated accretions and additions, with those of Wu Qi and his followers being especially numerous..."