The Art of War dates back to the 5th century BC, and is an ancient Chinese military handbook. Attributed to the intelligent military strategist Sun Tzu, the title of the work is “Master Sun’s Rules of Warfare” when literally translated from Chinese. The novel contains thirteen chapters, each of which are dedicated to a single aspect of warfare strategy. Emperor Shenzong of Song deemed it the most important of China’s Seven Military Classics in 1080 and it is still one of the most influential strategy texts in East Asia. Leaders such as Mao Zedong, General Douglas MacArthur, and General Vo Nguyen Giap are said to have drawn inspiration from Sun Tzu’s famous work.
Honestly. I did finish it. The Translator’s Preface started on page vii and ended at page lxv. Which took about 1/4th of the book. I wondered if the book proper itself would ever start. Now that I finished the book I don’t remember any the Preface. Then the book part finally started which consisted of hundreds of little pieces of advice by Master Sun. Sentence to paragraph length. Each piece of advice was followed by a short explanation or repetition by another Master of what Master Sun had just stated. When did…
I was really wondering if every copy of the book is like this, or is it a mistake in only … The chapters are out of order. It’s not just a mistake in the table of contents, but in the actual book itself. I was really wondering if every copy of the book is like this, or is it a mistake in only some copies?
Bought for a “video game attention span” teen Purchased this book for a teenager with the typical “video game attention span”, who came across Sun Tzu’s name while watching a History Channel series. He became intrigued with the application to his RTS multi-player games, and wanting to encourage any form of reading, especially one of classic thought, I bought this particular edition for the dual Chinese/English texts (he doesn’t read Chinese, but I do). The Chinese text is in Mandrian simplified.