 This view has been partly influenced by the controversial personality of Yang Shen, who was known to have falsified early Chinese works (Schorr 1993).Whether the verdict of "non-authenticity" is or is not accurate, it should be considered that the "Ancient Text", despite the different arrangement, includes the whole "Cantong qi", without any addition and with the omission of only a few verses; and that no one without a solid knowledge of the standard version of the "Cantong qi", and of its doctrinal principles, could have fabricated a work of this nature.In the arrangement of the "Ancient Text", the 4- and 5-character verses are not reproduced in the same sequence as in the standard version; and in the new arrangement, the discourse of "Cantong qi" reveals a much clearer pattern.