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April 08, 2015 Kevin rated it did not like information technology

This isn't my get-go delving into Taoism or Eastern Ideologies. Equally an ideology Taoism is one on previous occasions I take constitute dandy joy in reading and learning from its wisdom. Picking up another copy of the Art of War with four other great Eastern writings for me was a no brainer. Unfortunately while the Art of State of war is translated by Lionel Giles is a good translation, everything else in the book is translated by James Legge.

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This isn't my first delving into Taoism or Eastern Ideologies. As an credo Taoism is i on previous occasions I have institute neat joy in reading and learning from its wisdom. Picking up some other copy of the Art of War with four other great Eastern writings for me was a no brainer. Unfortunately while the Fine art of War is translated by Lionel Giles is a practiced translation, everything else in the book is translated past James Legge.

Don't exist upset if that ways admittedly nothing to you, it meant nothing to me when I picked up this compilation at Barnes Due north Noble. What James Legge'due south translations are is severely defective in everything, merely give-and-take count. Instead of faithful translations of the original text (with a chip of optimization to maintain readability) the text are interpreted. Each passage becomes wordy, losing its original amuse and insight.

It is painfully obvious that Legge had niggling respect for the material he was translating. In his forward he dismisses nearly everything the Chinese believed calling information technology fantasies, fiction, while asserting the legitimacy of his Christian beliefs. After a certain level of posturing I could no longer stand to read his frontward and skipped onto the main course of the translation only to find what can but be called a bastardization of the original.

Unfortunately as I discovered, this isn't the merely translations by James Legge included in this compilation. Every other text is translated by him, each as it turned out after a bit of research, are equally as poor every bit this Tao Te Ching translation.

Don't become this compilations, do some research and grab the competent translated versions of the works you lot are interested in. While the bounden and paper are sturdy the contents are lacking, unless you need a these particular translations for schoolhouse or discussion stay clear.

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The Art Of War & Other Classics Of Easter Philosophy showcases some of the most timeless and meaningful eastern philosophical classics to exist. The all-time part is that the book is as beautiful outside as the cognition is countless in the inside.

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The Art Of War & Other Classics Of Easter Philosophy showcases some of the almost timeless and meaningful eastern philosophical classics to be. The best part is that the book is as beautiful outside as the cognition is countless in the inside.

With ivory white paper, and a solid binding and spine to boot, the Cantebury Classics offering a LOT of value in a leatherbound volume. In fact, out of all the Cantebery Classics its hands down my favorite 1 - aesthetically pleasing and content-wise.

To get a broader perspective of what the book contains, the Table Of Content Follows:

The Art Of State of war [Without Commentary]
The Art Of War [With Commentary]
The Tao Te Ching
Confucius Analects
The Great Learning
The Doctrine Of The Hateful
The Works Of Mencius

Having recently read the Tao Te Ching and Confucius' Analects, it was a pleasant surprise to see them here once more.

The gems of wisdom independent in those books is much to ruminate upon, so having those books, along with The Art Of Wars and others was just like having Christmas 7 days in a row.

If yous are interested in any of the above books and besides program to venture into the other books covered in the tabular array of contents sometime, exercise yourself a favor and get this book. You lot will Not regret it. Information technology volition also salvage you money when you add together the prices of all six works. Fifty-fifty if purchased all used they volition toll more than this one.

Having been given multiple copies of Art of State of war it still didn't backbite me from getting this one. Wouldn't hesitate getting one again, and in fact am considering purchasing one for posterity'due south sake since this i'southward getting highlighted and written upon with notes to the hilt.

The smorgasbord of insights within the pages in this book is every bit lucid as it is prodigious.

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Jan 20, 2018 Camilla rated information technology it was astonishing

An indelible book of numerous digestible wisdoms applicative to many aspects of life.

Jul 07, 2015 Marina rated it it was amazing

Recommends information technology for: Students of Spirituality.

Recommended to Marina by: My yoga teacher

This review has been subconscious considering it contains spoilers. To view it, click hither. Basic Info:
Writer: Sun Tzu Country: China Language: Chinese Field of study: Military strategy and tactics Publication Date: 5th century BC (500 BCE to 450 BCE)
Full general Memory:
This book is an indispensable guide to living a good and righteous life. Every bit a female student of yoga and meditation I found advice to enhance my do. It is full of ancient and timeless wisdom with counsel for everyone.
The Fine art of State of war: I. Laying Plans/The Calculations II. Waging State of war/The Challenge Iii. Attack past Stratagem/The Pl Bones Info:
Writer: Sun Tzu Country: Red china Linguistic communication: Chinese Field of study: Military strategy and tactics Publication Appointment: fifth century BC (500 BCE to 450 BCE)
General Retentivity:
This book is an indispensable guide to living a good and righteous life. As a female person student of yoga and meditation I found advice to heighten my practise. Information technology is full of aboriginal and timeless wisdom with counsel for everyone.
The Art of War: I. Laying Plans/The Calculations 2. Waging War/The Challenge Three. Attack past Stratagem/The Plan of Attack IV. Tactical Dispositions/Positioning V. Utilise of Energy/Directing
Half dozen Weak Points and Strong / Illusion and Reality 7 Maneuvering an Army / Engaging The Force
VIII Variation of Tactics / The Ix Variations IX The Army on the March / Moving The Force
X Classification of Terrain / Situational Positioning XI The 9 Situations XII Attack By Fire / The Fiery Attack
XIII Utilise of Spies / The Utilize of Intelligence

Ideas:
"So information technology is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be put at take chances even in a hundred battles.
If you only know yourself, simply not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If y'all know neither yourself nor your enemy, you lot will always endanger yourself."

KNOWLEDGE IS EVERYTHING

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, nosotros must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must brand the enemy believe we are far away; when far abroad, we must make him believe we are nigh."

DECEPTION IS EVERYTHING

5 factors: The Moral Law, Heaven, Earth, The Commander, Method and Subject
These are:(1) The Moral Law; (2) Sky; (3) World; (4) The Commander; (v) Method and subject field

The Commander is everything as he stands out for the five cardinal virtues of the Chinese:
1. Benevolence
ii. Integrity
three. Self-Respect
four. Wisdom
5. Sincerity and Honesty

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This is my 3rd version of the Art of State of war. This one is special, as it is very well presented, printed and bound in leather. The philosophies that accompany the Art of War, which include the Tao Te Ching, Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and the Works of Mencius, all support to make the Art more understandable. It also gives an insight into the historical Chinese mindset. This specific issue makes for an excellent present for someone interested in management.

Very strategic indeed. I wonder if our current forces utilizes the strategies mapped out in this guide. I know I would.

Oct 13, 2016 Jenny rated it it was amazing

I have revisited this book over and over and I dearest different piece of it each time. It'southward timeless, wise, and a defining guide on "what to do at present?" I have revisited this volume over and over and I dear different piece of it each time. It'due south timeless, wise, and a defining guide on "what to practise at present?" ...more

Oct 13, 2016 Lisa rated it actually liked it

I've read The Art of War before, but this edition has a commentary which was very interesting to read also. I've read The Fine art of War before, but this edition has a commentary which was very interesting to read as well. ...more

The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought is published past Barnes and Noble. The publisher took old translations of these books and packaged them in this hardcover format. The Art of War is taken from the 1910 translation past Lionel Giles. The rest of the book is from translations by James Legge. This includes The Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Corking Learning, and the Works of Mencius. All of these translations predate the 20th century.

This editio

The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought is published by Barnes and Noble. The publisher took quondam translations of these books and packaged them in this hardcover format. The Art of State of war is taken from the 1910 translation by Lionel Giles. The rest of the book is from translations by James Legge. This includes The Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Hateful, The Great Learning, and the Works of Mencius. All of these translations predate the 20th century.

This edition is very scholarly. It includes a great deal of information on the text that explores the veracity of the timelines and then on. The Chinese claim these works to exist old. The translator/ commentator has his doubts due to how many people have copied it and added or subtracted things to information technology.

The Art of War section is presented twice; first as an unaltered format, next as a commentated edition. Each line is expanded upon and scrutinized. I don't know who provides the commentary, merely it might have been the translator. Thankfully, he is now long dead and cannot become insulted by what I say. The book does comprise some glaring typos, but non too many. Sometimes they printing 'r' instead of 'e' for instance. However, I doubt that this is only the mistake of the translator; I would say that it was overlooked in editing.

The portions translated by James Legge are also well done. There are things to nitpick, just these are relatively pocket-size considering the time these works were translated. The main complaint I can brand is the racist remarks. Don't get me incorrect in that location is a scholarly bent to the volume, so they certainly tried to keep it down, but the Western Superiority does come through in calling the people 'chinamen' and so on. Granted, they don't do this all that oftentimes, but commonly once is plenty to stain a slice of writing.

I enjoyed this book. I would certainly recommend it, but I don't know if a new translation would exist necessary. Chinese is a tricky and nuanced language. A more than recent translation would probably fix the issues I had with Legge'due south sections.

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An fantabulous drove of books.
The Art of War commentary was much more than researched and objective than I expected. It was as well less in volume than I expected, without falling short of explaining. The initial office of the book explains how the commentary was created, and information technology is somewhat like the author studied multiple influential commentaries from all of history, then proceeded to rank them, and them commented on his own based on the commentaries that he refers to. It is very well done.
I mus An splendid drove of books.
The Art of War commentary was much more researched and objective than I expected. Information technology was also less in volume than I expected, without falling short of explaining. The initial role of the book explains how the commentary was created, and it is somewhat like the author studied multiple influential commentaries from all of history, and and so proceeded to rank them, and them commented on his own based on the commentaries that he refers to. It is very well done.
I must admit I expected something less methodical when I bought the volume, and probably someone just speaking their mind nigh what they thought well-nigh the ideas and how they tin can exist applied in today'due south earth, but I was pleased to discover that the author fabricated a lot of effort in making the commentary every bit objective every bit possible.
The other books in the collection were very worth reading and full of wisdom, it was my get-go time reading many and finding out they even existed and that they were and then important. They are simply books that already existed so I will not review them, since the only existent added value of this collection is that they are all together, and the commentary part of The Fine art of War. ...more

Sep 05, 2020 Dave rated it liked it

The Art of War portion of the book, specifically the annotated section, was a skilful refresher from my days at Naval Mail service Graduate Schoolhouse. I learned more from the annotations than I did in the class! Unfortunately, the portion dealing with Confucius was poorly translated (in my uneducated in Chinese civilisation stance). It seemed very pedestrian and poorly worded. The section dealing with Mencius was much better and made much more than sense, but still could have used some cleaning upwards as information technology appeared to be The Art of State of war portion of the book, specifically the annotated section, was a practiced refresher from my days at Naval Postal service Graduate School. I learned more from the annotations than I did in the grade! Unfortunately, the portion dealing with Confucius was poorly translated (in my uneducated in Chinese culture opinion). Information technology seemed very pedestrian and poorly worded. The section dealing with Mencius was much meliorate and made much more sense, but still could have used some cleaning up as it appeared to exist a very literal translation. Information technology would have been a tremendous help to have an introductory chapter on Chinese historical figures (there's kind of one there in the Art of War department, but information technology doesn't really appear to accost the linear history that would be needed for a ameliorate understanding of Mencius). ...more

I enjoyed reading the thoughts and philosophy of Sun Tzu during the early on parts of The Art of War and his perception of how he compare things in terms of war simply I find myself non really enjoying the description, thoughts, and comparisons of commentator because grammatical errors and constant side tracking of the history of Sun Tzu. The afterward parts of Sun Tzu equally general and strategist also seem like it wasn't fifty-fifty fully explicate well because the commentator thinks that nosotros are supposed to know eve I enjoyed reading the thoughts and philosophy of Sun Tzu during the early parts of The Fine art of War and his perception of how he compare things in terms of state of war but I find myself not actually enjoying the description, thoughts, and comparisons of commentator considering grammatical errors and constant side tracking of the history of Dominicus Tzu. The later parts of Sun Tzu every bit general and strategist as well seem like it wasn't even fully explain well because the commentator thinks that we are supposed to know every other event ahead of time. ...more

Jul xvi, 2020 Maureen rated it it was amazing

This was a reread from when I was in high school. I have to say I appreciate it a lot more as an adult. It is a archetype that gives a fresh perspective with each telling. I enjoyed reading parts of it with my sons and but hope that when they are older they will reread it and information technology volition give them fresh wisdom then.

What a keen edition of this book. This was my third time reading information technology and I was still able to go new things out of it. Additionally, as this edition contains a drove of works that give context to the eponymous text (The Tao Te Ching, Confusician Analects, etc.), you're able to larn a affair or two about the worldview that led to Lord's day Tzu's masterpiece. What a great edition of this volume. This was my third time reading it and I was still able to go new things out of it. Additionally, equally this edition contains a drove of works that requite context to the eponymous text (The Tao Te Ching, Confusician Analects, etc.), you're able to learn a thing or two about the worldview that led to Dominicus Tzu's masterpiece. ...more

Took way likewise long to finish

The Translation Chinese->Englisch isn't optimal and sadly there are few comments for an in-depth understanding. But it looks amazing on the exterior :p The Translation Chinese->Englisch isn't optimal and sadly there are few comments for an in-depth understanding. But it looks amazing on the exterior :p ...more than

A fascinating book giving insight into the war machine and philosophical though of pre-modern peoples

While the Fine art of War and Tao Te Ching sections are great, nearly of the book is anecdotal accounts of other philosophers that are incredibly difficult to encompass

January eighteen, 2020 William rated information technology actually liked it

Outstanding drove of Chinese classics with plenty of commentary by the translators and editors.

I don't have any quarrel with the works themselves. Whether or not I agree with them philosophically is some other story, but they were really interesting to read. I'm a fiddling curious nigh more of their presuppositions, which I was hoping this volume would reveal, but I didn't really mind that they didn't: this book didn't promise that. What I am dissatisfied with is the lack of footnotes and commentary. In some of these writings, such as the Analects, explanations of Chinese honorifics, who's who I don't have whatever quarrel with the works themselves. Whether or not I hold with them philosophically is some other story, but they were really interesting to read. I'm a piddling curious about more than of their presuppositions, which I was hoping this book would reveal, simply I didn't really heed that they didn't: this book didn't promise that. What I am dissatisfied with is the lack of footnotes and commentary. In some of these writings, such equally the Analects, explanations of Chinese honorifics, who'south who, and more than historical background would take been very helpful. Given the Western audience, I'm really surprised this wasn't regarded by the publishers as absolutely necessary. Furthermore, the inclusion of some sort of commentary would also take been nice, for the purpose of explaining allusions to other classics and explaining what the respective authors were really saying, instead of trying to surmise this unnecessarily cryptic translation. If I had attempted to read this before taking AP World, it would take been extremely difficult to read without a lot of extra research. I recommend either doing a lot of groundwork research and having some sort of guide before you, or finding a more helpful edition of these works. ...more

Austrumu filozofijas klasika, kas aktuāla ir arī 21. gadsimta cilvēkiem. Mūžīgas vērtības, padomi, atziņas par valstīm, politiku, attiecībām, ģimeni, draudzību. Lasot nepamet jautājums: ja cilvēki jau daudzus simtus gadus atpakaļ zināja, uz kādiem principiem ir jāveido pasaules stabilitāte un ikviena labklājība, kāpēc mēs tomēr izliekamies, ka neko no tā visa nezinām? Vai kari un ienaids reiz spēs rimties? Un nevar taču nepiekrist, ka "(..) supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's res Austrumu filozofijas klasika, kas aktuāla ir arī 21. gadsimta cilvēkiem. Mūžīgas vērtības, padomi, atziņas par valstīm, politiku, attiecībām, ģimeni, draudzību. Lasot nepamet jautājums: ja cilvēki jau daudzus simtus gadus atpakaļ zināja, uz kādiem principiem ir jāveido pasaules stabilitāte un ikviena labklājība, kāpēc mēs tomēr izliekamies, ka neko no tā visa nezinām? Vai kari un ienaids reiz spēs rimties? United nations nevar taču nepiekrist, ka "(..) supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy'due south resistance without fighting", vai ne? Darbu apkopojums (ne tikai "Kara māksla"), ko pārlasīt vēl united nations vēl. ...more

October 27, 2016 Jeni rated it liked it

The Art of War was neat; I totally understand why it'due south still being taught in armed forces schools today. The biggest problem I had with this volume is that it was similar 1oo pages of explaining and and so 50 pages of actual text. This caused me to skip sections and skim a lot more I unremarkably do. Not helped by the fact this took me months to read. The Fine art of War was great; I totally empathize why it's still being taught in military schools today. The biggest problem I had with this volume is that it was like 1oo pages of explaining and so fifty pages of actual text. This caused me to skip sections and skim a lot more than I usually do. Non helped past the fact this took me months to read. ...more

Another dandy Art of War reference book.

November 07, 2021 KHod rated it liked it

3.v stars of out v, even so I think I was in the correct frame of mind for this blazon of volume. Will definitely revisit the book in the future.

Lord's day Tzu (孫子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) is a honorific title bestowed upon Sūn Wu (孫武 c. 544-496 BC), the writer of The Art of War (孫子兵法), an immensely influential ancient Chinese volume on military strategy. Sunday Tzu believed in the use of the war machine sciences to effect outcomes that would event in peace.

In the writer's name, Sūn Wu, the grapheme wu, meaning "military", is the aforementioned equally the grapheme in wu shu

Lord's day Tzu (孫子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) is a honorific championship bestowed upon Sūn Wu (孫武 c. 544-496 BC), the author of The Art of War (孫子兵法), an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. Sun Tzu believed in the utilise of the military sciences to result outcomes that would result in peace.

In the author'southward name, Sūn Wu, the character wu, meaning "armed services", is the same as the character in wu shu, or martial art. Dominicus Wu too has a courtesy proper name, Chang Qing (Cháng Qīng).

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