The Art of War / The Book of Lord Shang

by Tzu, Sun
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ISBN: 9781853267796
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Overview

Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.

The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.

The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.

The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Tzu, Sun
  • ISBN: 9781853267796
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.70 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 243
  • Publication Year: 1998

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