Sun Bin's Art of War Deciphered

Author: Chen Yu
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Each chapter of this book mainly consists of five parts: introduction, classic quotes, original text, interpretation of the original text, and thematic discussions. The latter two parts are the key focus of the book, offering many unique insights and innovative points. Based on faithfulness to the original text, the book adopts interpretation to make sentences easy to understand and relatable to ordinary people, effectively addressing issues such as rigid phrasing and awkward phrasing that often occur in literal translations, thereby ensuring smooth reading and coherent thought processes. The thematic discussions in each chapter reflect the author's rational reflections on these issues over the years, drawing widely from the cutting-edge research of many experts. The 123 themes listed in the book can be seen as a concise compilation of major research topics on Sun Tzu's Art of War. The author provides innovative interpretations of some themes from a unique perspective. Starting with the art of war, the book elucidates many life philosophies, offering significant reference value for inspiring thinking and refining wisdom.
The foreword of the book includes excerpts from the introduction and review articles.
Pingling is the same as Pingqiu, belonging to Wei, located about 40 kilometers southwest of Daliang (present-day Kaifeng). It is the flat street between Fengqiu County and Changyuan County in present-day Henan Province. The Strategies of the Warring States, Volume 4 of the Qin Strategy, mentions: "Furthermore, it seized Pu, Yan, and Shoushou, looming over Ren, Pingqiu, Xiaohuang, and Jiyang." Each chapter of this book mainly consists of five parts: introduction, classic quotes, original text, interpretation of the original text, and thematic discussions. The latter two parts are the key focus of the book, offering many unique insights and innovative points. Based on faithfulness to the original text, the book adopts interpretation to make sentences easy to understand and relatable to ordinary people, effectively addressing issues such as rigid phrasing and awkward phrasing that often occur in literal translations, thereby ensuring smooth reading and coherent thought processes. The thematic discussions in each chapter reflect the author's rational reflections on these issues over the years, drawing widely from the cutting-edge research of many experts. The 123 themes listed in the book can be seen as a concise compilation of major research topics on Sun Tzu's Art of War. The author provides innovative interpretations of some themes from a unique perspective. Starting with the art of war, the book elucidates many life philosophies, offering significant reference value for inspiring thinking and refining wisdom.