The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
Contributors: Ralph D. Sawyer (Translator)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: April 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9780813312286
Subjects: Other prose: classical, early & medieval; War & defence operations; Military art and science; History, Military; Military Tactics And Strategy; History - Military / War; History: World; China; Ancient - General; Asia - China; Military - General; Military - Strategy; Military Science; Early works to 1800; General; History
First sentence: THE Six Secret Teachings purportedly records the T'ai Kung's political advice and tactical instructions to Kings Wen and Wu of the Chou dynasty in the eleventh century B.C.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; title: A Note on the Translation and Pronunciation
pagenum: xvii; title: Chronology of Approximate Dynastic Periods
pagenum: xix; label: General Introduction and Historical Background of the Classics
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: The Methods of the Ssu-ma
pagenum: 107; label: 3
title: Sun-tzu's Art of War
pagenum: 145; label: 4
title: Wu-tzu
pagenum: 187; label: 5
title: Wei Laio-tzu
pagenum: 225; label: 6
title: Three Strategies of Huang Shih-Kung
pagenum: 277; label: 7
title: Questions and Replies Between T'ang T'ai-tsung and Li Wei-kung
pagenum: 307; label: Appendices
pagenum: 377; label: A
title: The Chariot
pagenum: 363; label: B
title: The Horse and Calvary
pagenum: 367; label: C
title: Armor and Shields
pagenum: 369; label: D
title: The Sword
pagenum: 371; label: E
title: Military Organization
pagenum: 373; label: Notes
pagenum: 377; title: Notes to the General Introduction
pagenum: 377; title: T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings
pagenum: 389; title: The Methods of the Ssu-ma
pagenum: 410; title: Sun-tzu's Art of War
pagenum: 420; title: Wu-tzu
pagenum: 453; title: Wei Laio-tzu
pagenum: 460; title: Three Strategies of Huang Shih-Kung
pagenum: 482; title: Questions and Replies Between T'ang T'ai-tsung and Li Wei-kung
pagenum: 487; title: Notes to the Appendixes
pagenum: 508; title: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 513; title: Glossary of Selected Terms with Chinese Characters
pagenum: 533; label: Indexes
pagenum: 543; title: Index of Strategic and Tactical Principles
pagenum: 545; title: General Index
pagenum: 549