| Lovers of literature, war, stratagem, management these areas can''t miss this book! The Thirty-Six Strategies is a Chinese collection of 36 proverbs commented as militaristic tactics. Often attributed to Sun Tzu, this is generally rejected by scholars since Sun Tzu lived during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, while most of the 36 proverbs postdate that. It is believed by many to have been written by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms period. The Thirty-Six Strategies is divided into a preface, six chapters containing six strategies each, and an incomplete afterword with missing text. The first three chapters generally describe tactics for use in advantageous situations, whereas the last three chapters contain strategies that are more suitable for disadvantageous situations. The original text of the Thirty-Six Strategies is quite terse as well, with each proverb being accompanied by a short comment no longer than a sentence or two that explains how said proverb is applicable to military tactics... The k-java based book has a very nice full screen reading mode, and other useful functions for reading. |
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