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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2024

Scott Boorman
Scott Boorman
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Yale University, Connecticut

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Three Faces of Sun Tzu
Analyzing Sun Tzu's <i>Art of War</i>, A Manual on Strategy
 , pp. v - ix
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Acknowledgments

  4. Author’s Note on Chinese-Language Romanization

  5. Author’s Note on Chinese Characters

  6. Author’s Note on Online Annex

  7. Chronology of Chinese History

  8. List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works

  9. Introduction

    1. Three Faces of Sun Tzu

    2. Overview of the Present Approach

    3. Broader Perspectives on Reading Sun Tzu

    4. Themes #1–#14 Chapters As Self-contained Units

  10. Background: Historical and Textual

    1. Military and Other Historical Context

    2. Anchoring in Chinese Text of Sun Tzu

    3. Perspective on Sun Tzu’s Commentators (and Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

  11. Preliminaries

    1. Basic Military Terms and Concepts: Strategy, Tactics, Logistics, Operations

    2. Format Used to Structure Development of the Fourteen Sun Tzu Themes

    3. Notational Conventions

  12. A.Strategist Should Be Calculating

    1. Theme #1.Net Assessment and Other Calculational Imperatives

    2. Theme #2.Terrain Classification and Rules

  13. B.Strategist Should Be Cheap

    1. Theme #3.Seeking Large, Cheap Gains and Avoiding Protracted War

    2. Theme #4.Winning without Fighting, by Non-military Ways and Means

  14. C.Strategist Should Find Advantage

    1. Theme #5.Concept of Shi (Strategic Advantage) and Four Paths to Shi

    2. Theme #6.Attacking the Adversary’s Strategy

  15. D.Strategist Should Enact Stratagems and Formlessness

    1. Theme #7.“All Warfare Is Based on Deception”

    2. Theme #8.Achieving Formlessness and Opacity

  16. E.Strategist Should Make a Situation’s Natural Dynamics Work for Her

    1. Theme #9.Building on Natural Forces and Momentum

    2. Theme #10.No Scruples and Controlled Viciousness

  17. F.Strategist Should Have an Accurate Grasp of the Significant Information

    1. Theme #11.Know the Enemy

    2. Theme #12.Know Yourself (and Other Non-hostile Actors and Audiences)

  18. G.Strategist Should Manage the Interfaces

    1. Theme #13.Leadership and Harmony in the Chain of Command (and Avoiding Its Pathologies)

    2. Theme #14.Harmonious Integration of Qi and Zheng Approaches in Strategy and Tactics

  19. Conclusion: Demystifying Sun Tzu and Future Directions

    1. A Structure for Sun Tzu: The Fourteen Themes

    2. Reality Check: Sun Tzu’s Limitations

    3. Sun Tzu As Prophet and Pioneering Theorist of Information Warfare

    4. A Sun Tzu for the Twenty-first Century

  20. Indices

    1. Index A:Index of Chinese Texts

    2. Index B:People, Organizations, Places, Events, and Pre-modern Periods of Chinese History

  21. Online Annex
  22. Contents of Online Annex A-1
  23. Lists Supplying Chinese Characters A-3
    1. Glossary of Chinese Words and Phrases A-3
    2. List of 9 + 1 Sun Tzu Terrain Types A-14
    3. List of Chinese Texts A-15
    4. List of Names of Individuals A-18
    5. List of Place Names A-22
  24. Scholarly Controls A-24
    1. Use of Griffith Translation and Related Notational Conventions A-24
    2. Passage Identification Criteria A-25
    3. Multiple Thematic Assignments of Verses and Passages A-28
    4. Coverage of Appendices 1–14 A-29
    5. Census of Sun Tzu Passages A-33
    6. Brooks’s Proposed Accretion Sequence of Sun Tzu Chapters A-33
    7. Overview of Problematic Parts of the Sun Tzu Text A-36
  25. Roadmap of Supplementary Passages in Appendices 1–14 A-38
  26. Appendix 1.Sun Tzu Theme #1 Passages (Calculation) A-39
  27. Appendix 2.Sun Tzu Theme #2 Passages (Terrain Classification and Rules) A-64
    1. Social Network Perspectives on Additional Sun Tzu Terrain Types A-80
  28. Appendix 3.Sun Tzu Theme #3 Passages (Cheap Approaches) A-86
    1. Analysis of D. C. Lau’s Revisionist Reading of Sun Tzu III A-97
  29. Appendix 4.Sun Tzu Theme #4 Passages (Winning by Non-military Ways and Means) A-102
  30. Appendix 5.Sun Tzu Theme #5 Passages (Concept of Shi, “Strategic Advantage,” and Four Paths to Shi) A-118
  31. Appendix 6.Sun Tzu Theme #6 Passages (Attacking the Adversary’s Strategy) A-131
  32. Appendix 7.Sun Tzu Theme #7 Passages (Deception) A-144
  33. Appendix 8.Sun Tzu Theme #8 Passages (Formlessness and Opacity) A-156
  34. Appendix 9.Sun Tzu Theme #9 Passages (Building on Natural Forces and Momentum) A-168
    1. Analysis of Verse XII.15 as Bridge between Two Parts of Sun Tzu XII A-180
  35. Appendix 10.Sun Tzu Theme #10 Passages (No Scruples and Controlled Viciousness) A-184
  36. Appendix 11.Sun Tzu Theme #11 Passages (Know the Enemy) A-194
  37. Appendix 12.Sun Tzu Theme #12 Passages (Know Yourself and Other Non-hostile Actors and Audiences) A-210
  38. Appendix 13.Sun Tzu Theme #13 Passages (Leadership and Harmony in the Chain of Command) A-222
  39. Appendix 14.Sun Tzu Theme #14 Passages (Integration of Qi and Zheng Approaches) A-235
    1. Notes on Wallacker (1966) A-245
    2. Perspective on Qi (Ji) as “Remainder,” with Excursus on Chinese Remainder Theorem A-247
  40. Appendix 15.Two Additional Sun Tzu Military-Technical Topics A-257
    1. Sun Tzu on Command, Control, and Communications (C3) Methods A-257
    2. Sun Tzu and Special Weapons Doctrine A-265
  41. Appendix 16.Concordance of Sun Tzu Verses and Passages Used in the Present Study A-280
    1. Introduction to Concordance A-280
    2. Concordance (Separate Document in Online Annex)
  42. Appendix 17.Griffith Translation of Sun Tzu, Showing Griffith Versification A-281
    1. Orientation A-281
    2. Griffith Translation A-282
  43. Index A(supplementary): Chinese Texts A-317
  44. Index B(supplementary): People, Organizations, Places, Events, and Pre-modern Periods of Chinese History A-318
  45. Index CAnalytical Index of Substantive Topics (Separate Document in Online Annex)

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  • Scott Boorman, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Three Faces of Sun Tzu
  • Online publication: 07 March 2024
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