The Art of War |
 | Author: Sun Tzu
Creators: Samuel B. Griffith, B. H. Liddell Hart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Publication Date: September 15, 1971
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CONTENTS
Sun Tzu and the Concubines ..................... Frontispiece
List of Abbreviations .......................... xvii
INTRODUCTION
I. The Author ............................... 1
II. The Text ................................. 13
III. The Warring States ....................... 20
IV. War in Sun Tzu's Age ..................... 30
V. Sun Tzu on War ........................... 39
IV. Sun Tzu and Mao Tse-tung ................. 45
TRANSLATION
Biography of Sun Tzu ..................... 57
I. Estimates ................................ 63
II. Waging War ............................... 72
III. Offensive Strategy ....................... 77
IV. Dispositions ............................. 85
V. Energy ................................... 90
VI. Weaknesses and Strengths ................. 96
VII. Manoeuvre ............................... 102
VIII. The Nine Variables ...................... 111
IX. Marches ................................. 116
X. Terrain ................................. 124
XI. The Nine Varieties of Ground ............ 130
XII. Attack by Fire .......................... 141
XIII. Employment of Secret Agents ............. 144
APPENDIX
I. A Note on Wu Ch'i ....................... 15O
II. Sun Tzu's Influence on Japanese
Military Thought ........................ 169
III. Sun Tzu in Western Languages ............ 179
IV. Brief Biographies of the Commentators ... 184
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................. 187
INDEX ......................................... 193
MAPS Facing
Ch'un-Ch'iu Period ............................. 32
The Contending States - boundaries of 350 B.C. . 33
Giles:
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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