2002, ISBN: 9780140439199

London, Penguin Books, LVI, 325 p. Original softcover. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). … More...

London, Penguin Books, LVI, 325 p. Original softcover. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Somewhat rubbed, otherwise very good and clean. / Etwas berieben, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. Now, in his crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. Capturing the literary quality of The Art of War?its lucid, epigrammatic, almost poetic style as well as its philosophical and strategic content, Minford presents the core text in two different formats. First, the unadorned thirteen chapters allow readers to form their own first impressions of the ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu. Then the same text appears with extensive running commentary from the canon of traditional Chinese commentators and others, providing context and subtext to the work. A lively, learned introduction, chronologies, suggested readings, and other valuable apparatus round out this authoritative volume. Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating and more chilling?than ever. - JOHN MINFORD studied Chinese at Oxford and at the Australian National University and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. He edited (with Geremie Barme) Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience and (with Joseph S. M. Lau/ Chinese Classical Literature: An Anthology of Translations. He has translated numerous works from the Chinese, including the last two volumes of the Penguin Classics edition of Cao Xueqin's eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone and the martial-arts fiction of the contemporary Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha. Now retired from academic life, John Minford lives with his wife, Rachel, in southern France, where he divides his time between working in their vineyards and translating. ISBN 9780140439199Militärwesen 2002, [PU: Penguin Books]<

2005, ISBN: 9780140439199

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Penguin Books Ltd (UK), Taschenbuch, Auflage: 1, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 1743483, 1.05 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1469257, Philosophie, S… More...

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