The Art of War : A Step-By-Step Translation (eBook)

A Step-By-Step Translation

Jeff Pepper (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
260 Seiten
Imagin8 LLC (Verlag)
978-1-7320638-5-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Art of War is the most disruptive and revolutionary book ever written about human conflict. Written in the fifth century BC during the Warring States period of ancient China and attributed to the legendary Master Sun (Sunzi), the book turned traditional thinking about warfare on its head. It advocates a radical new way of viewing warfare, replacing the traditional view of war as a form of ritualized sacrifice with a purely practical and modern view. According to Sunzi, the goals of war are achieved with hardheaded practicality, battle strategy is dictated by terrain, weather and spycraft rather than reading signs and omens, the objective of war is profit rather than glory, and the highest form of victory is winning without fighting at all.This book, by the experienced translation team of Pepper and Wang, expresses the Art of War in simple, contemporary language while remaining true to the rhythms and poetic structure of the original Chinese. A key feature of the book is its innovative step-by-step translation that lets the reader not only read the English version, but to gain deeper insights from the original text even if they dont speak or read Chinese.

Inhalt

Welcome ix The Art of WarChapter 1 – Planning 2Chapter 2 – Waging War 5Chapter 3 – Plan of Attack 7Chapter 4 – Tactics 10Chapter 5 – Military Power 12Chapter 6– Weakness and Strength 15Chapter 7 – Battle 19Chapter 8 – The Many Transformations 23Chapter 9 – Deployment of Troops 24Chapter 10 – Terrain 30Chapter 11 – Types of Terrain 35Chapter 12 – Attack by Fire 44Chapter 13 – Use of Spies 47Chinese Grammar Notes 51Reading the Commentary 60The Art of War with Step-by-Step Translation and CommentaryChapter 1 – Planning 62Chapter 2 – Waging War 74Chapter 3 – Plan of Attack 83Chapter 4 – Tactics 93Chapter 5 – Military Power 102Chapter 6– Weakness and Strength 113Chapter 7 – Battle 128Chapter 8 – The Many Transformations 140Chapter 9 – Deployment of Troops 146Chapter 10 – Terrain 164Chapter 11 – Types of Terrain 182Chapter 12 – Attack by Fire 217Chapter 13 – Use of Spies 226Online Resources 240References 242About the Authors 246  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.2.2019
• Übersetzer: Xiao Hui Wang
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: China • Military • Sun Tzu • sun wu • Sunzi • Warring States
• ISBN-10: 1-7320638-5-0 / 1732063850
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7320638-5-3 / 9781732063853