The Art of War

Author(s): Sun-tzu; John Minford (Introduction by, Translator); Coralie Bickford-smith (Cover Design by)

Philosophy

"Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of Waris still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international. Its aim is invincibility, victory without battle, and unassailable strength through understanding the physics, politics, and psychology of conflict. This translation features Sun Tzu's original text in its entirety along with commentary from classical Chinese military thinkers. 1 CD, 1 hour, abridged."


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Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War, has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years. John Minford studied Chinese at Oxford and at the Australian National University and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. He has translated numerous works from the Chinese, including the last two volumes of the Penguin Classics edition of Cao Xueqin's eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone and the martial-arts fiction of the contemporary Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha.

General Fields

  • : 9780141395845
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : September 2014
  • : November 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sun-tzu; John Minford (Introduction by, Translator); Coralie Bickford-smith (Cover Design by)
  • : Hardback