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The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods

By Victor , Mair , Victor H.;Mair

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN
9780231508537, 9780231133821, 0231133820, 0231508530
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
563 kB (576532 bytes)
Series
Translations from the Asian classics
Pages
XXXIII, 189 Seiten : Diagramme\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
SunWu / Bingfa;Military art and science;War;Early wor

Description

This edition breaks new ground in resolving the textual and contextual problems of the text, along with complex issues of authorship. Victor H. Mair asserts that Sun Wu, a supposed strategist of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 B.C.) to whom The Art of War is traditionally attributed, never existed. Instead, Mair claims the text coalesced over a period of years, from the middle of the fourth century to the first quarter of the third century B.C. Mair also reveals how The Art of War reflects historical developments in technological and military strategy in civilizations throughout Eurasia. He demonstrates the close link between philosophy in The Art of War and Taoism and discusses the reception of the text from the classical period to today.

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