36 Stratagems (Illustrated Version, 3 Volumes with 1 CD) (Illustrated Version, 3 Volumes with 1 CD)

Author: Ji Jianghong
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: The book is arranged in the order of strategies, divided into six sets of tactics: Winning Strategies, Confronting Strategies, Attacking Strategies, Combining Strategies, and Losing Strategies. Each set of tactics is further divided into six strategies, totaling thirty-six tactics. Each strategy includes an introduction, annotations, and remarks. The annotations extensively cite the hexagrams from the I Ching, and derive the principles of yin and yang from the I Ching to explain the concepts of hardness and softness, surprise and normality, advance and retreat, offense and defense, oneself and others, subjective and objective conditions, and effort and rest in military tactics, making each strategy rich in dialectical philosophy. The remarks then quote famous military quotes from pre-Song Dynasty battles and the sayings of renowned military strategists such as Sun Tzu, Wu Tzu, and Yu Liaozi to interpret and extend the Thirty-Six Stratagems.