Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.
The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.
The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.
The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.
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- Authors:
- Tzu, Sun|Yang, Shang
- Year Published:
- 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781853267796
- Number of Pages:
- 256
- Place of Publication:
- Herts
- Publication Date:
- 05/02/1998
- Publisher:
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Series:
- Classics of World Literature
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- SKU:
- 9781853267796