Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare,9780345362391

Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780345362391
ISBN10: 034536239X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1993-03-02
Publisher(s): Ballantine Books
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Summary

The most widely read military classic in human history, newly translated and revised in accordance with newly discovered materials of unprecedented historical significance. Fluid, crisp and rigorously faithful to the original, this new text is destined to stand as the definitive version of this cornerstone work of Classical Chinese. Of compelling importance not only to students of Chinese history and literature, but to all readers interested in the art or the philosophy of war.

Author Biography

Roger T. Ames is a professor of Chinese philosophy at the University of Hawaii, and the director of its Center for Chinese Studies. He is also editor of the journals Philosophy East & West and China Review International. He is the author of several interpretative studies on classical Confucianism, including Thinking Through Confucius (with David L. Hall). His earlier translation of Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare is recognized as a landmark of contemporary Chinese military and philosophical studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3(1)
The ``New'' Sun-tzu
3(6)
Archaeology: A Revolution in the Study of Early China
9(4)
The Excavation at Yin-ch'ueh-shan
13(3)
The ``One or Two `Master Suns''' Debate
16(16)
Sun Wu as a Historical Person
32(4)
The Reconstructed Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare
36(3)
Analysis of Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare
39(58)
Wisdom and Warfare
39(4)
The Classical Chinese World View: The Uncommon Assumptions
43(2)
Some Classical Western Assumptions: A ``Two-World'' Theory
45(4)
Some Classical Chinese Assumptions: A ``This-World'' View
49(15)
Centripetal Harmony and Authority
64(3)
Warfare as the Art of Contextualizing
67(4)
Strategic Advantage (shih)
71(11)
Strategic Advantage (shih) and Strategic Positioning (hsing)
82(1)
According with the Enemy (yin)
83(2)
An Attitude Toward Warfare
85(2)
The Exemplary Commander
87(2)
Foreknowledge (chih)
89(8)
Introduction to the Translations
97(4)
Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare: A Translation
Sun-tzu: Part I The Thirteen-Chapter Text 101(72)
On Assessments
102(4)
On Waging Battle
106(4)
Planning the Attack
110(4)
Strategic Dispositions (hsing)
114(4)
Strategic Advantage (shih)
118(4)
Weak Points and Strong Points
122(6)
Armed Contest
128(6)
Adapting to the Nine Contingencies (pien)
134(4)
Deploying the Army
138(8)
The Terrain
146(6)
The Nine Kinds of Terrain
152(12)
The Incendiary Attack
164(4)
Using Spies
168(5)
Sun-tzu: Part II Text Recovered from the Yin-ch'ueh-shan Han Dynasty Strips 173(24)
The Questions of Wu
174(4)
[The Four Contingencies]
178(4)
The Yellow Emperor Attacks the Red Emperor
182(4)
The Disposition [of the Terrain] II
186(4)
[An Interview with the King of Wu]
190(7)
Sun-tzu: Part III Text Recovered from Later Works 197(64)
A Conversation between the King of Wu and Sun Wu
199(26)
Sun Wu Discusses the Commander
225(10)
Sun Wu Discusses Deploying the Army
235(4)
The Prognostications of Sun-tzu
239(4)
Sun Wu Discusses the ``Eight-Division Formation''
243(4)
The Classic of the Thirty-two Ramparts
247(2)
Han Dynasty Bamboo Strips from Ta-t'ung County
249(6)
Miscellaneous
255(6)
Appendix 261(16)
Background to the Excavation at Yin-ch'ueh-shan
261(5)
Dating the Tombs and Identifying the Occupants
266(2)
The First Published Reports
268(3)
The Bamboo Strip Manuscripts and Their Dates
271(6)
Notes 277(28)
Bibliography of Works Cited 305(6)
Index 311

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