Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text by Sun Tzu (PDF)

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been the premier manual of Chinese military strategy for the past two millennia and, as thousands of Asian businessmen can attest, this classic work is as applicable to the corporate world as it is to the battlefield.This is the only contemporary edition of the classic Lionel Giles translation to contain all of the translator’s original notes, to help you better understand Sun Tzu’s powerful maxims and apply them in your daily life. John Minford’s foreword brings insights to this classic text and its timeless relevance to the modern world.BILINGUAL EDITION: COMPLETE CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEXTThis edition also marks the first time Giles’ translation has been converted to Hanyu Pinyin–the standard Chinese romanization system. Additionally, the book contains the full Chinese language version of the text, along with Giles’ extensive notes, with their original Chinese text references to the historical Chinese commentators, making this edition a treasure to military scholars, martial artists, and those planning to use Sun Tzu’s strategies to conquer the business world.Sun Tzu’s book will arm you with the knowledge that has allowed those who have studied this classic to gain victory–and often, total domination–over those who remain ignorant of its sage advice.

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⭐This is a book hard to be translated into English; however, the author really did a good job and make the reading easy and smooth.

⭐Although this book is 250 pages, the actual text (traditional Chinese interspersed with English translation) is only about 60 pages and can be read in 1-2 sittings. I enjoyed the front matter, which provides historical context for the book, such as who really wrote it, and what was the political situation in China at the time. It also talks about various Chinese commentators through the millennia and attempts at translations by Europeans, which was quite interesting.One thing I found lacking about this edition was that the last 100 pages or so were “translator’s notes” for each line of the text. Essentially this is commenting on the translation itself: since classical Chinese is so dense, most passages have ambiguous meaning, and this is how the translator justifies his interpretation instead of another one. Unless you’re really interested in studying the original language in detail, this part will probably not be useful. I would have preferred an analysis on the meaning of the 13 chapters instead.

⭐This book is really WORTH the PRICE! I was highly disappointed after buying Sun Tzu Art of War by Ralph D. Sawyer. I immediately searched out this book by the translator’s name. It is a brilliant copy of the Sun Tzu Art of War! This translation is easy to read and gives clarity of Sun Tzu Art of War with references to other Commentators and great leaders who referred to the work.This book is so brilliantly done until the average lay person can read and fully understand it!

⭐Happy about the book itself but the back cover came all bent. Not a huge deal but disappointing it came that way.

⭐An excellent dual-language presentation, this text of “The Art of War” provides alternating-language content in a natural page flow as opposed to side by side. This allows the reader to keep her place more easily when jumping back and forth between languages.

⭐It rocks

⭐This book is exactly what I want, bilingual text. However, I found the

⭐Great version of a great “must have and must read” book!!!!

⭐Great book for this day and age suitable male or female, excellent strategy and understanding of how to NOT be the underdog! Most of the terminology is in an ancient language but VERY appropriate to today’s world.A must read for all wishing to get ahead in life! Would highly recommend.

⭐The pages are so thin that they are transparent, It makes reading difficult for Your eyes.

⭐It’s a book

⭐brilliant book and a fascinating insight into Chinese philosophy

⭐The ultimate strategist of the human mind and never been bettered. This is an excellent translation.

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