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Cargando... The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China (History and Warfare) (edición 2007)por Ralph D. Sawyer (Traductor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Sun Tzu's Art of War, a very intelligent yet slippery and devious book, is the centerpiece here. Some of the other military classics seem to have aged awkwardly; but there are some hidden gems, especially the Three Strategies of Huang Shih-Kung. These Three Strategies are brief; their advice on war is kind of dubious; but their vision of statecraft in general and of civil administration is both profoundly moral and profoundly compelling. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, a stanchion in sinological and military history. It presents an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force--an approach very different from that stressed in the West. Safeguarded for centuries by the ruling elite of imperial China, even in modern times these writings have been known only to a handful of Western specialists. This volume contains seven separate essays, written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, that preserve the essential tenets of strategy distilled from the experience of the most brilliant warriors of ancient China. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Sawyer's translations are well-done and the book benefits greatly from his detailed historical commentaries that contextualise these seven works. The translations are readable but do not sacrifice the meaning of the texts for ease of comprehension. However, in using Wade-Giles Romanisation, the lay reader can get confused when using more modern research or texts in Pinyin. The only other downside is that the original Classical Chinese is not included but Chinese editions rectify that.
In all, this is an excellent piece of not only scholarship for both sinologists and military historians but also an excellent introduction to Chinese military thought and its influence on two millennia of East Asian thinking. ( )