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Sun Tzu is thought to have been a military general and adviser to the king of the southern Chinese state of Wu during the sixth century BCE. Although some modern scholars have called his authorship into doubt, the world's most influential and enduring treatise on military strategy, The Art of War, bears his name.

Sun Tzu fue un general, estratega militar y filósofo de la antigua China. El nombre por el que lo conocemos es en realidad un título honorífico que significa «Maestro Sun». Su nombre de nacimiento era Sun Wu y fuera de su familia era conocido por su nombre de cortesía, Changqing. Tradicionalmente se le considera el autor de El arte de la guerra, un influyente tratado sobre estrategia militar. Sun Tzu ha tenido un impacto significativo en la historia y culturas china y asiática, tanto por escribir El arte de la guerra como por ser una figura histórica legendaria.

Históricamente se le sitúa en el período de las Primaveras y Otoños de China (722-481 a. C.) como general militar al servicio del rey Helü de Wu, que vivió c. 544-496 a. C. Los estudiosos modernos aceptan su lugar histórico al situar la creación de El arte de la guerra en el período de los Reinos Combatientes (476-221 a. C.) con base en las descripciones militares del texto y a la similitud de su prosa con la de otros trabajos creados a comienzos de la etapa de los Reinos Combatientes.

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The Art of War Oct 25, 2021

by Sun Tzu

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"The Art of War" is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC and is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare and it is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's Seven Military Classics upon the collection's creation in 1080 by Emperor Shenzong of Song, and has long been the most influential strategy text in East Asia. It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.

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The Art of War Feb 11, 1994

by Sun Tzu, Ralph D Sawyer, Ralph D. Sawyer

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The definitive translation of Sun-tzu's timeless classic of military strategy, Art of War

Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao Tse-tung, Giap, and Yamamoto. First translated two hundred years ago by a French missionary, Sun-tzu's Art of War has been credited with influencing Napoleon, the German General Staff, and even the planning for Desert Storm. Many Japanese companies make this book required reading for their key executives. And increasingly, Western businesspeople and others are turning to the Art of War for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive situations of all kinds.

Unlike most editions of Sun-tzu currently available (many simply retreads of older, flawed translations), this superb translation makes use of the best available classical Chinese manuscripts, including the ancient "tomb text" version discovered by archaeologists at Linyi, China.

Ralph Sawyer, an outstanding Western scholar of ancient Chinese warfare and a successful businessman in his own right, places this classic work of strategy in its proper historical context. Sawyer supplies a portrait of Sun-tzu's era and outlines several battles of the period that may have either influenced Sun-tzu or been conducted by him. While appreciative of the philosophical richness of the Art of War, this edition stresses Sun-tzu's practical origins and presents a translation that is both accurate and accessible.

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The Art of War (AmazonClassics Edition) Jul 25, 2017

by Sun Tzu

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Long considered the most essential treatise on military strategy and tactics, The Art of War comprises thirteen chapters, each dedicated to a different aspect of warfare. Reaching far beyond the battlefield, it is a manifesto for success in every kind of conflict or competition, having had a notable influence on various subjects such as law, sports, and interpersonal relationships.

In this definitive 1910 Lionel Giles translation, the celebrated sinologist’s interpretive notes and valuable commentary make clear the nuances of Sun Tzu’s language. Most critical, Giles provides the context and culture from which the general’s theories emerged.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Art of War, this edition of The Art of War (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries Jan 11, 2005

by Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

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A comprehensive collection of the most essential versions of The Art of War, the classic Chinese military treatise considered by many as the ultimate strategy guide

Sun Tzu’s Art of War, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict. It is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today. Now, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of Sun Tzu’s text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategists. The translations, by the renowned translator Thomas Cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for The Silver Sparrow Art of War, which is available here for the first time. This collection contains:

The Art of War: This edition of Sun Tzu’s text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpreters.

Mastering the Art of War: Consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of Han dynasty China, Zhuge Liang and Liu Ji, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu’s classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership. It draws on episodes from Chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of Sun Tzu’s principles.

The Silver Sparrow Art of War: A version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a Chinese archeological site in China’s Shandong Province in 1972, which contains previously unknown fragments.

Note: The electronic edition of this book does not contain The Lost Art of War, as seen in the paperback edition.

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50 Obras Maestras Que Debes Leer Antes De Morir: Vol. 1 (Spanish Edition) Dec 24, 2019

by Miguel Cervantes, Sun Tzu, Santa Teresa de Jesús, Miguel De Unamuno, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, Anonimo, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle, León Tolstoi, Aristóteles, Niccolò Machiavelli, René Descartes, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Rey Babilonia de Hammurabi, Voltaire, George Sand, Nikolai Gogol, Alejandro Dumas, Herman Melville, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Darwin, Lewis Carroll, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, José Alcalá Galiano, Julio Verne, Jules Verne, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Rubén Darío, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Joseph Conrad, Jack London, Amado Nervo, J.M. Barrie, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Franz Kafka, Kahlil Gibran, H.P. Lovecraft, Stefan Zweig

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CONTENIDO:

El Arte de la Guerra - Sun Tzu
Metafísica - Aristóteles
Popol Vuh - Anonimo
El Príncipe - Niccolò Machiavelli
El libro de la vida - Santa Teresa de Jesús
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel Cervantes
Discurso del método - René Descartes
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Los viajes de Gulliver - Jonathan Swift
Código de Hammurabi - Rey de Babilonia Hammurabi
Candido - Voltaire
Eugenia Gradet - Honoré de Balzac
La marquesa - George Sand
Los Crímenes de la calle Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe
Diario de un loco - Nikolai Gogol
El gato negro - Edgar Allan Poe
Los tres mosqueteros - Alexandre Dumas
El conde de montecristo - Alexandre Dumas
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Bartleby, el escribiente - Herman Melville
Las flores del mal - Charles Baudelaire
El origen de las especies - Charles Darwin
Las aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas - Lewis Carroll
Crimen y castigo - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
La media naranja - José Alcalá Galiano
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - Julio Verne
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días - Julio Verne
Ana Karenina - León Tolstoi
Germinal - Emile Zola
El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
El Horla - Guy de Maupassant
El Anticristo - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Azul - Rubén Darío
El retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Drácula - Bram Stoker
Yo acuso - Emile Zola
El corazón de las tinieblas - Joseph Conrad
La llamada de la selva - Jack London
Un sueño - Amado Nervo
Peter Pan y Wendy - J.M. Barrie
Tarzán de los monos - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Niebla - Miguel De Unamuno
La metamorfosis - Franz Kafka
Abel Sánchez - Miguel De Unamuno
La tía Tula - Miguel De Unamuno
El paraíso de las mujeres - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
El profeta - Kahlil Gibran
La Llamada de Cthulhu - Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Magallanes - Stefan Zweig

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The Art of War: A Graphic Novel Nov 6, 2018

by Sun Tzu, Pete Katz

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An entertaining graphic adaptation of the oldest military treatise in the world.

Hailed as the oldest philosophical discussion on military strategy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been adapted as a graphic novel by award-winning illustrator Pete Katz. In this edition, the narrative focuses on a teacher instructing a pupil on the main points of Sun Tzu’s treatise, with vibrant battle scenes interspersed throughout. Issues such as planning, tactics, maneuvering, and spying are demonstrated in the full-color scenes, so that readers can envision how military goals are achieved using principles from the fifth century BC.

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The Art of War Mar 18, 2014

by Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles

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The world’s most influential treatise on strategy
Mao Zedong used it to defeat Chiang Kai-shek. Colin Powell thinks every US soldier should be familiar with its principles. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick built a football dynasty out of lessons learned within its pages. Even Gordon Gekko and Tony Soprano are fans.
In the twenty-five hundred years since it was composed, The Art of War has been applied to just about every field of human endeavor. Sun Tzu’s shrewd advice is indispensible to anyone seeking to gain an advantage over an opponent.

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EL ARTE DE LA GUERRA (Spanish Edition) Apr 29, 2013

by SUN TZU, Editorial Sirio

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El Arte de la Guerra es el primer estudio conocido sobre estrategia militar y durante dos mil años ha sido, y continúa siendo, uno de los más importantes tratados de su clase. El texto está compuesto por trece capítulos, cada uno de los cuales está dedicado a un aspecto concreto del enfrentamiento bélico. Sun Tzu crea una verdadera obra de arte a través de aforismos y elucubraciones de una profundidad insuperable. Abarca todos los aspectos posibles que pueden influir en el resultado de la guerra. No solo aquellos relacionados con las maniobras en el campo de batalla, sino también otros factores ineludibles para su desarrollo, como la influencia económica, climatológica o del terreno, y detalles más sutiles como los intereses políticos y la fortaleza psicológica. Los principios expuestos por Sun Tzu han sido adaptados efectivamente por los grandes líderes militares asiáticos como Mao Tse-tung, Giáp y Yamamoto. También ha sido acreditada su influencia en Napoleón y en el ejército alemán durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Además, ha ganado aceptación en el mundo corporativo, en particular en el contexto de las tácticas de negociación comercial. Varios líderes empresariales han escrito adaptaciones particulares de El arte de la guerra enfocadas a las finanzas y a la gestión de equipos y proyectos.

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Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Ancient Chinese Revealed: More Complete and More Accurate May 20, 2019

by Sun Tzu, Gary Gagliardi

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"The definitive version of The Art of War for those English speakers who truly want to understand it..." Wisconsin Bookwatch

"The Best...internally consistent between the translated concepts and so shows a level of knowledge and detail that is not present in some other translations. As a translator, the author obviously sees the big picture...Gary Gagliardi is considered by many to be a leading expert in understanding and using the competitive methods embodied in Sun Tzu’s treatise on the art of war." Midwest Book Review

The only translation that shows the original Chinese with a transliteration of each character side-by-side with the English sentence translation. Includes a glossary explaining Sun Tzu's definitions of the key Chinese concepts. There are many translations of The Art of War, but this is only truly accurate version written by America's leading expert on Sun Tzu's system. Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Award for the best Multicultural Nonfiction book of the year!

Seven Ways Better Than All Other Translations!

More complete: Based on the complete compilation of all historical sources and academic research rather than on traditional fragmentary sources.

More accurate: Shows the original Chinese phrases (thousands of characters), individually translates each character (a transliteration), translates each phrase into an English sentence, and provides details of the key concepts that cannot be translated.

More concise: Its side-by-side format makes it impossible to add or subtract from the Chinese source or secretly add the translator’s editorial opinions. All commentaries are clearly separated from the translation and text.

More authoritative: Translated by America’s leading expert on Sun Tzu, who has written over two dozen books explaining the strategic concepts in the text.

More consistent: Eliminates the imprecise word choices that create the obvious internal contradictions so common in most other translations.

More balanced: Offers one English sentence for each Chinese phrase to preserve the balance of ideas in the original work.

More organized: Retains and numbers the original phrase groups to preserve the contextual relationships for easy study.

You can compare this version to other translations and immediately see where other English translation depart from the original Chinese into the translators' own opinions and commentaries. This version won the award not just for being the best translation or the best book about Asian philosophy, but the best of all books in 2003 explaining another culture anywhere in the world.Reviews"Supremely Accurate bilingual edition...Each two-page spread features the translated lines into English on one side and the Chinese ideograms with their meanings on the other so that dedicated readers can readily understand the range of meaning in the original text.

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The Art of War (Chiron Academic Press - The Original Authoritative Edition) Dec 11, 2015

by Sun Tzu

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THE ART OF WAR (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūnzĭ bīngfǎ) is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and kindred to the Realpolitik of his time, termed in China as Legalism. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It has been the most famous and influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and "for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name." It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.

Beyond its military and intelligence applications from earliest days to the present time, THE ART OF WAR has been applied to many fields well outside of the military. Much of the text is about how to fight wars without actually having to do battle: it gives tips on how to outsmart one's opponent so that physical battle is not necessary. As such, it has found application as a training guide for many competitive endeavors that do not involve actual combat. There are business books applying its lessons to office politics and corporate strategy. Many companies make the book required reading for their key executives. The book is also popular among Western business management, who have turned to it for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive business situations. It has also been applied to the field of education. The Art of War has been the subject of law books and legal articles on the trial process, including negotiation tactics and trial strategy.

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Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Apr 17, 2012

by Stephen F. Kaufman

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Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded.

Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of strategic thinking features extensive commentary and an insightful historical introduction written by Lionel Giles, its original translator.

This new edition includes an all-new introduction by the scholar of ancient Chinese literature, John Minford.

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Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare: The First English Translation Incorporating the Recently Discovered Yin-ch'ueh-shan Texts Sep 8, 2010

by Roger T. Ames

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The most widely read military classic in human history, newly translated and revised in accordance with newly discovered materials of unprecedented historical significance.

Fluid, crisp and rigorously faithful to the original, this new text is destined to stand as the definitive version of this cornerstone work of Classical Chinese. Of compelling importance not only to students of Chinese history and literature, but to all readers interested in the art or the philosophy of war.

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