Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
Sun Tzu · English
Sun Tzu's Art of War, the ancient Chinese treatise on strategy, appears here in Lionel Giles's English translation, published in London in 1910 with…
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Sun Tzu's Art of War, the ancient Chinese treatise on strategy, appears here in Lionel Giles's English translation, published in London in 1910 with the subtitle The Oldest Military Treatise in the World. Its thirteen chapters run from laying plans and waging war through tactical dispositions, energy, weak points and strong, manoeuvring, terrain and the nine situations to the attack by fire and the use of spies. Giles adds an introduction on Sun Tzu, the history of the text and its commentators, together with extensive critical notes drawing on the classical Chinese commentaries.
Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
Sun Tzu · English
Sun Tzu's Art of War, the ancient Chinese treatise on strategy, appears here in Lionel Giles's English translation, published in London in 1910 with…
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This is a complete unabridged transcription of Lionel Gile’s translation of The Art of War. See additional notes at the end of the book.
Pagera Editor's Note
Sun Tzu's Art of War, the ancient Chinese treatise on strategy, appears here in Lionel Giles's English translation, published in London in 1910 with the subtitle The Oldest Military Treatise in the World. Its thirteen chapters run from laying plans and waging war through tactical dispositions, energy, weak points and strong, manoeuvring, terrain and the nine situations to the attack by fire and the use of spies. Giles adds an introduction on Sun Tzu, the history of the text and its commentators, together with extensive critical notes drawing on the classical Chinese commentaries.
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