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s="h3color tiny">This review is from: The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War (Hardcover)

The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War available on November 25 2015 from Amazon for 19.80
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The works in this book are:

1) T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings

2) The Methods of Ssu-ma

3) Sun-tzu's Art of War

4) Wu-tzu

5) Wei Liao-tzu

6) Three Strategies of Huang Shih-kung

7) Questions and Replies between T'ang T'ai-tsung and Li Wei-kung

Hope that helps.

My one complaint about this book is that it uses the Wade-Giles transliteration rather than Pinyin, which is what everyone, including China, is using. Wade-Giles is now over 35 years outmoded, and can be very confusing for the uninitiated. Compare Ssu-ma I (Wade-Giles) with Sima Yi (Pinyin). Would you know that they're the same bloke? (If you do, bravo.) I assume this speaks to the age of the translation rather than an editorial choice, but it's pretty annoying that they didn't update it.

If you think you might like this book, but want more of a story than essays/discourses, I recommend 'Romance of the Three...Read more

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   The works in this book are:1) T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings2) The Methods of Ssu-ma3) Sun-tzu's Art of War4) Wu-tzu5) Wei Liao-tzu6) Three Strategies of Huang Shih-kung7) Questions and Replies between T'ang T'ai-tsung and Li Wei-kungHope that helps.My one complaint about this book is that it uses the Wade-Giles transliteration rather than Pinyin, which is what everyone, including China, is using. Wade-Giles is now over 35 years outmoded, and can be very confusing for the uninitiated. Compare Ssu-ma I (Wade-Giles) with Sima Yi (Pinyin). Would you know that they're the same bloke? (If you do, bravo.) I assume this speaks to the age of the translation rather than an editorial choice, but it's pretty annoying that they didn't update it.If you think you might like this book, but want more of a story than essays/discourses, I recommend 'Romance of the Three...Read more
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