Strategies for the Human Realm: Crux of the T'ai-pai Yin-ching

Strategies for the Human Realm: Crux of the T'ai-pai Yin-ching
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Composed by Li Châ€™Ã¼an (Li Quan), a provincial military official who served in the middle Tâ€™ang dynasty, the Tâ€™ai-pai Yin-ching revitalized the theoretical study of warfare in China. Remarkably comprehensive, it first focuses upon the human realm, devoting a quarter of its hundred chapters to the grand issues of government, warfare, human society, ethical values, and manâ€™s orientation within the universe while pondering the more concrete problems of the nature of command, methods for evaluating men, the role of rewards and punishments, and the implementation of subversive measures. Instead of conquering through combat or achieving the fabled hundred victories in a hundred clashes, Liâ€™s aim was victory without combat so as to preserve the state rather than debilitate it in warfare. The remaining seventy-five chapters, not translated here, briefly discuss important battle equipment and techniques before unfolding extensive material on sacrifices and arcane prognosticatory methods. Highly regarded thereafter, the Tâ€™ai-pai Yin-ching stands at the beginning of the later military tradition in China and numerous chapters appear in the military compendia produced over the next thousand years. It also continues to be the subject of conscious study as the PRC strives to develop â€œmilitary science with unique Chinese characteristics.â€
Country USA
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Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2007646270
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EANs 9781479132386
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2007646270
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781479132386
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Strategies for the Human Realm: Crux of the T'ai-pai Yin-ching

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