ART OF WAR THE BOOK OF LORD SHANG
Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.
The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States 403-221BC , they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.
The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.
The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.
Edad recomendada: Adultos jóvenes.
SUN TZU
Sun Tzu fue un estratega y filósofo chino del siglo VI a.C., autor de El arte de la guerra, tratado clásico sobre estrategia militar. Su obra promueve vencer sin combatir, usando inteligencia, planificación y engaño. Aunque su existencia histórica es debatida, su legado ha influido en la política, los negocios y el liderazgo moderno
