Author: He Xiaodong
Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 7801377206
2005; Hardcover;240*160mm;265 pages
The Three Strategies of Huang Shigon, a renowned ancient Chinese military book, was one of the Seven Military Classics designated by the Emperor in the Song Dynasty. It may be written in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The most prominent conceptual characteristic of this book is that: to take All Under Heaven with Daoist strategies, to command the army with Legalist doctrines, to analyze the situation from the viewpoints of the Yin-Yang School, and to recruit worthies in line with the Moist conception of talents. It learns from merits of all schools and makes them mutually supplementary each other to become an integrated system of military thoughts with its own characteristics. It stresses studying military issues in perspective of the nation's overall strategy and focuses on how to command and to control the generals.
Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong, a well-known military book of ancient Chinese, was one of the Seven Military Classics designated by the Emperor in the Song Dynasty. It was written in a style of dialogues between Tang Taizong (the second Emperor in the Tang Dynasty) and Li Jing (the Duke of Wei) on the art of war. It systematically summarizes the traditional Chinese military theories, touching topics such as sources of military theory, strategic gains and losses, battle formation, evolution of military organizations, main principles of running an army, ways of selecting and employing right people, military tactics, and cases of specific battles. It makes critical remarks on people or things in the past and at present, and tackles the problems at their roots. Comments on the gains and losses of the ancients and discussions on the essence of the art of war on the basis of the past examples are characteristics of this book.
Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 7801377206
2005; Hardcover;240*160mm;265 pages
The Three Strategies of Huang Shigon, a renowned ancient Chinese military book, was one of the Seven Military Classics designated by the Emperor in the Song Dynasty. It may be written in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The most prominent conceptual characteristic of this book is that: to take All Under Heaven with Daoist strategies, to command the army with Legalist doctrines, to analyze the situation from the viewpoints of the Yin-Yang School, and to recruit worthies in line with the Moist conception of talents. It learns from merits of all schools and makes them mutually supplementary each other to become an integrated system of military thoughts with its own characteristics. It stresses studying military issues in perspective of the nation's overall strategy and focuses on how to command and to control the generals.
Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong, a well-known military book of ancient Chinese, was one of the Seven Military Classics designated by the Emperor in the Song Dynasty. It was written in a style of dialogues between Tang Taizong (the second Emperor in the Tang Dynasty) and Li Jing (the Duke of Wei) on the art of war. It systematically summarizes the traditional Chinese military theories, touching topics such as sources of military theory, strategic gains and losses, battle formation, evolution of military organizations, main principles of running an army, ways of selecting and employing right people, military tactics, and cases of specific battles. It makes critical remarks on people or things in the past and at present, and tackles the problems at their roots. Comments on the gains and losses of the ancients and discussions on the essence of the art of war on the basis of the past examples are characteristics of this book.
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