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 s.
| Autor |
Shang Yang, Sun-c' |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
256 |
| Rok vydania |
1998 |
