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