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Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.

Title The art of war = [Sunzi bing fa] / Sun-tzu ; translated, with introductions and commentary by Ralph D. Sawyer ; with the collaboration of Mei-Chün Lee Sawyer.

Publication Info.	New York : Barnes & Noble, [1994]
	©1994

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Location	Call No.	Status
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	355.02 SUN-TZU	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	355.02 SUN	Check Shelf

Description	375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note	Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preface -- A note on the translation and pronunciation -- Chronology of approximate dynastic periods -- General introduction and historical background -- Introduction -- The art of war in translation -- 1. Initial estimations -- 2. Waging war -- 3. Planning offensives -- 4. Military disposition -- 5. Strategic military power -- 6. Vacuity and substance -- 7. Military combat -- 8. Nine changes -- 9. Maneuvering the army -- 10. Configurations of terrain -- 11. Nine terrains -- 12. Incendiary attacks -- 13. Employing spies -- Tomb texts and lost writings -- Notes to the general introduction and historical background -- Selected notes to the introduction -- Notes to the translation -- Notes to the Tomb Texts and Lost writings -- Selected bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
Subject	Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author	Sawyer, Ralph D.
	Sawyer, Mei-chün.
Added Title	Sunzi bing fa. English
	[Sunzi bing fa]
	Sunzi bing fa.
ISBN	1566192978 casebound
	9781566192972 casebound
	1566192986 special
	9781566192989 special

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