The Art Of War / The Book Of Lord Shang

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.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Shang Yang, Sun Tzu - Шан Ян, Сунь-Цзы

Publisher:Wordsworth Editions

Language:English

Publication Date:1998

Number of pages:256 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:194 g

ISBN:9781853267796