Contents
Translator’s Note
Introduction
Sun Tzu’s Art of War
1 Estimates
2 Waging War
3 Offensive Strategy
4 Dispositions
5 Posture of Army
6 Void and Actuality
7 Maneuvering
8 The Nine Variables
9 On the March
10 Terrain
11 The Nine Varieties of Ground
12 Attack By Fire
13 Use of Spies
The Hanzhang Interpretation
Part I
1 Strategic Considerations
2 Posture of Army
3 Extraordinary and Normal Forces
4 Void and Actuality
5 Initiative and Flexibility in War
6 Use of Spies
7 Geography
The Hanzhang Interpretation
Part II
8 Historical Background of Sun Tzu’s Art of War
9 Naive Materialism and Primitive Dialectics
10 Universal Laws of War
11 Obsolete Ideas in Sun Tzu’s Art of War