{"product_id":"9781929194902","title":"The Only Award-Winning English Translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: More Complete and More Accurate","description":"The only translation that shows the original Chinese with a transliteration of each character side-by-side with the English sentence translation. Includes a glossary explaining Sun Tzu's definitions of the key Chinese concepts. There are many translations of The Art of War, but this is only truly accurate version written by America's leading expert on Sun Tzu's system. Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Award for the best Multicultural Nonfiction book of the year!\u003cp\u003eSeven Ways Better Than All Other Translations! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. More complete: Based on the complete compilation of all historical sources and academic research rather than on traditional fragmentary sources. \u003cbr\u003e2. More accurate: Shows the original Chinese phrases (thousands of characters), individually translates each character (a transliteration), translates each phrase into an English sentence, and provides details of the key concepts that cannot be translated. \u003cbr\u003e3. More concise: Its side-by-side format makes it impossible to add or subtract from the Chinese source or secretly add the translator's editorial opinions. All commentaries are clearly separated from the translation and text. \u003cbr\u003e4. More authoritative: Translated by America's leading expert on Sun Tzu, who has written over two dozen books explaining the strategic concepts in the text.\u003cbr\u003e5. More consistent: Eliminates the imprecise word choices that create the obvious internal contradictions so common in most other translations. \u003cbr\u003e6. More balanced: Offers one English sentence for each Chinese phrase to preserve the balance of ideas in the original work. \u003cbr\u003e7. More organized: Retains and numbers the original phrase groups to preserve the contextual relationships for easy study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can compare this version to other translations and immediately see where other English translation depart from the original Chinese into the translators' own opinions and commentaries. This version won the award not just for being the best translation or the best book about Asian philosophy, but the best of all books in 2003 explaining another culture anywhere in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e\"Supremely Accurate bilingual edition...Each two-page spread features the translated lines into English on one side and the Chinese ideograms with their meanings on the other so that dedicated readers can readily understand the range of meaning in the original text...The definitive version of The Art of War for those English speakers who truly want to understand it...\" June 2003, Wisconsin Bookwatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Best...internally consistent between the translated concepts and so shows a level of knowledge and detail that is not present in some other translations. As a translator, the author obviously sees the big picture...Gary Gagliardi is considered by many to be a leading expert in understanding and using the competitive methods embodied in Sun Tzu's treatise on the art of war.\"\u003cbr\u003eHAROLD MCFARLAND, editor, Reader's Preference Reviews,\u003cbr\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Award-Winning Translation 9\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Sun Tzu's Basic Concepts 17 \u003cbr\u003e1 Analysis 31\u003cbr\u003e2 Going to War 45\u003cbr\u003e3 Analyzing Attacks 58\u003cbr\u003e4 Positioning 69\u003cbr\u003e5 Momentum 81\u003cbr\u003e6 Weakness and Strength 93\u003cbr\u003e7 Armed Conflict 109\u003cbr\u003e8 Adaptability 123\u003cbr\u003e9 Armed March 133\u003cbr\u003e10 Field Position 153\u003cbr\u003e11 Types of Terrain 171\u003cbr\u003e12 Attacking With Fire 197\u003cbr\u003e13 Using Spies 209\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Key Chinese Characters 220\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Major Topics 224 \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Translator and Author 226 \u003cbr\u003eArt of War Books by Gary Gagliardi .227\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clearbridge Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064454791408,"sku":"9781929194902","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781929194902_p0.jpg?v=1763637465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781929194902","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}