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The perfect companion to the best-selling Art of War, this fascinating book provides lessons from ancient China on the dynamics of conflict.
Wang Chen, a ninth-century military commander, was sickened by the carnage that had plagued the glorious T'ang dynasty for decades. "All within the seas were poisoned," he wrote, "and pain and disaster was rife throughout the land." Wang Chen wondered, how can we end conflicts before they begin? How can we explain and understand the dynamics of conflict? For the answer he turned to a remarkable source-the Tao Te Ching. Here is Wang Chen's own rendering of and commentary on the ancient text, insightfully expanded and amplified by translator Ralph D. Sawyer, a leading scholar of Chinese military history.
Although the Tao long influenced Chinese military doctrine, Wang Chen's interpretations produced the first reading of it as a martial text--a "tao of war." Like Sun-tzu's Art of War, certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written, the Tao provides lessons for the struggles of contemporary life. In the way that the ancient Art of War provides inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive situations of all kinds, even in today's world, Wang Chen's The Tao of War uncovers action plans for managing conflict and promoting peace.
A book to put on the shelf next to Art of War, Wang Chen's The Tao of War is a reference of equally compelling and practical advice.
Book Info
Provides lessons from ancient China on the dynamics of conflict. Uncovers action plans for managing conflict and promoting peace. Softcover.
The Tao of War
The Tao of War,Wang Chen,Ralph D. Sawyer,Mei-Chun Lee Sawyer,Westview Press,0813340810,Eastern - Taoism,General,Military,Military - Other,Military History - Ancient,Philosophy,Public Affairs & Administration,Taoism,Theory of warfare & military science,Military History,History,Asia
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