Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare : A Translation of the Classic Chinese Work of Philosophy and Strategy,9780791454961

Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare : A Translation of the Classic Chinese Work of Philosophy and Strategy

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ISBN13: 9780791454961
ISBN10: 0791454967
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-03-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

A classic of both military strategy and Eastern philosophy from the fourth century B.C.E. A volume in the SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames, editors

Author Biography

D.C. Lau is Professor Emeritus at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(1)
The Excavation at Yinqueshan
1(3)
Sun Bin as a Historical Person
4(12)
The Reconstructed Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
16(4)
Analysis of Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
20(20)
An Overview
20(2)
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Overlap
22(1)
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Textual Borrowings
23(1)
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Thematic Continuities
24(5)
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Differences
29(2)
Sun Bin on Siege Warfare
31(1)
Sun Bin and the Introduction of Cavalry
32(2)
Sun Bin and Battle Formation (zhen)
34(6)
Sun Bin: Current Assessments of its Value
40(3)
The Art of Warfare as a Genre
43(3)
Sun Bin as Philosophical Literature
46(45)
Foreknowledge (zhi)
53(7)
The Way (dao)
60(2)
Strategic Advantage (shi)
62(2)
Weighing with the Lever Scales (quan)
64(3)
Battle Formation and Diplay (zhen / chen)
67(4)
Adaptability (bian)
71(2)
Yin-yang and a Correlative Vocabulary
73(4)
The Exemplary Commander (jiang)
77(6)
The Complete Victory (quan sheng)
83(8)
Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare A Translation
Part I---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Sixteen-Chapter Text Recovered from the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Capturing Pang Juan
91(3)
[An Audience with King Wei of Qi]
94(3)
The Questions of King Wei of Qi
97(8)
Tian Ji Inquires about Battlefield Defenses
105(5)
On Selecting the Troops
110(2)
The Moon and Warfare
112(2)
The Eightfold Division of Formations
114(2)
Terrain as Treasure
116(2)
Preparing the Strategic Advantage (shi)
118(3)
[The Real Nature of Military]
121(2)
Carrying out the Selection of Personnel
123(2)
Sacrifice in Battle
125(2)
Raising and Keeping Morale High
127(2)
Coordinating Military Assignments
129(4)
The Five Kinds of Training Methods
133(2)
[Strengthening the Military]
135(4)
Part II---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Fifteen Supplemental Chapters Recovered from the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Ten Military Formations
139(5)
Ten Questions
144(5)
Overwhelming an Armed Infantry
149(2)
The Positions of Invader and Defender
151(3)
The Expert Commander
154(2)
Five Postures and Five Situations in which an Army Respects Conventions
156(2)
[Military Mistakes]
158(2)
The Rightness (yi) of the Commander
160(2)
[The Excellence (de) of the Commander]
162(1)
Fatal Weaknesses of the Commander
163(1)
[Fatal Mistakes of the Commander]
164(3)
[Male and Female Fortifications]
167(2)
[Five Considerations and Nine Objectives]
169(2)
[Concentrated and Sparse Troops]
171(2)
Straightforward and Surprise Operations
173(6)
Part III---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare Text Recovered from Later Commentarial, Historical, and Encyclopedic Sources
Ten Advantages of Using the Cavalry
179(1)
Attacking the Heart-and-Mind
180(1)
Fragments
181(16)
Appendix
Background to the Excavation at Yinqueshan
187(1)
Dating the Tombs and Identifying the Occupants
188(2)
The First Published Reports
190(2)
The Bamboo Strip Manuscripts and their Dates
192(5)
Notes 197(40)
Bibliography of Works Cited 237(6)
Index 243(10)
About the Authors 253

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