The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods

Sun Zi and Victor H. Mair

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Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13383-8
$14.95 / £10.95

November, 2007
Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13382-1
$19.95 / £13.95

Foreward by Arthur Waldron

Preface

Principles of Translation

Guide to Pronunciation

Key Terms

List of Abbreviations

Precis

Introduction

Chapter 1. Initial Assessments

Chapter 2. Doing Battle

Chapter 3. Planning for the Attack

Chapter 4. Positioning

Chapter 5. Configuration

Chapter 6. Emptiness and Solidity

Chapter 7. The Struggle of Armies

Chapter 8. Nine Varieties

Chapter 9. Marching the Army

Chapter 10. Terrain Types

Chapter 11. Nine Types of Terrain

Chapter 12. Incendiary Attack

Chapter 13. Using Spies

Appendix. The Pseudo-Biography of Sun Wu

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• Literary Criticism and Theory
• Military History

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

Victor Mair is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Harvard University. He is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and is the founder and editor of Sino-Platonic Papers, an academic journal that examines diverse aspects of Chinese language, script, and culture, paying particular attention to historical relationships with other societies in Eurasia. For the past two decades, he has led a major international investigation of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia, a project that has resulted in numerous publications and several films. His Columbia books include The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature and The Columbia History of Chinese Literature.

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