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Bookworm Blurbs
Bookworm Blurbs rated it 11 years ago
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War i...
Edward
Edward rated it 11 years ago
AcknowledgementsIntroductionNote on the Text, Translation and IllustrationsNote on Names and Pronunciation--Homunculus--An Otherworldly Examination--Living Dead--Spitting Water--Talking Pupils--The Painted Wall--The Troll--Biting a Ghost--Catching a Fox--The Monster in the Buckwheat--The Haunted Hou...
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction & NotesA Note on the TextSuggestions for Further ReadingA List of Chinese CommentatorsChronologies:DynastiesHistorical Events--The Art of War--The Art of War with Commentary
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction & NotesA Note on the TextSuggestions for Further ReadingA List of Chinese CommentatorsChronologies:DynastiesHistorical Events--The Art of War--The Art of War with Commentary
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 15 years ago
This is a short book with proverbs and aphorisms related to war. It's an ancient book, perhaps circa 400 B.C.E. However, scholars are not in complete agreement about it's origins. The shortness of the book itself is tolerable. However, the commentary that comes with it in this edition is long an...
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