The Art of War
The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life
$28.13
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2009
Summary
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 this crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today’s readers. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105756 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143105752 |
| Author: | Tzu Sun, John Minford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“The strategic advice that [The Art of War] offers concerns much more than the conduct of war. It is an ancient book of proverbial wisdom, a book of life.” (John Minford, from the Introduction)
“The strategic advice that [The Art of War] offers concerns much more than the conduct of war. It is an ancient book of proverbial wisdom, a book of life.” —John Minford, from the Introduction
About The Author
Tzu Sun
Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War, has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years.
John Minford (editor/translator) 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.
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