Ancient Military Texts
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The Seven Military Classics (Illustrated Edition)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2020
The Zuo Zhuan states, "The great affairs of the state are sacrifice and war." War and military buildup were taken seriously by rulers of every dynasty…
Six Secret Teachings and Guiguzi: Translation and Annotation (Chinese Classics)
Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2020
Liu Tao & Guiguzi: An Annotated Translation (Chinese Classics) — Liu Tao is a renowned ancient Chinese treatise on military strategy. Its authorship i…
Modern Chinese Text: Wei Liaozi
· 2024
A military classic from the late Warring States period, close in thought to Legalism. It rejects the Confucian principle of familial affection, advoca…
Modern Chinese: Wu Qi's Art of War
· 2024
A military classic from the early Warring States period and one of the Seven Military Classics, traditionally attributed to Wu Qi. It inherits and dev…
Modern Chinese: The Methods of the Sima
· 2024
A military work of the pre-Qin period, representing the oldest surviving body of military thought in China. It preserves some highly classical operati…
The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong
· 2024
Also known as the San Lüe (Three Strategies), Huang Shigong San Lüe is a military treatise devoted to strategy and statecraft and a renowned work of a…
Famous Military Text of the Warring States: Wuzi
· 2024
Like Sun Tzu's Art of War in reputation, The Wu Zi is a military classic traditionally attributed to Wu Qi, the renowned Warring States strategist. Co…
Sunzi: Translation and Annotation
Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2022
The Art of War is a famous ancient Chinese treatise on military science. This book gives equal weight to translation and annotation, and studies Sunzi…
The Six Secret Teachings (Brain-Boosting Volume)
Jilin University Press · 2025
This book covers the Wen Tao, including the First: Civil Tutor, the Second: Fullness and Emptiness, the Third: State Affairs, the Fourth: Great Ceremo…
The Thirty-Six Stratagems (Part III)
Yanbian People's Publishing House · 2025
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, also known as the "Thirty-Six Schemes," is a military treatise devoted exclusively to the study of strategy. The phrase "th…
Valley Warfare
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
"Valley Warfare" is a military treatise recorded in the ancient Chinese military text Baizhan qilue, expounding how to choose terrain for encampment a…
The Rolling Ball
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
Zhuanwan, Chapter Thirteen (lost)
Victorious Warfare
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
Titled "Victorious War," this piece follows "Unconventional Warfare" and further discusses how to prevent arrogance and laxity after winning a battle.…
Earth's Treasures
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
This chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various terrains from a military perspective. The chapter title was originally placed at th…
Encirclement Warfare
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
The art of encirclement warfare lies in surrounding the enemy on all four sides while leaving one corner open as a way out. This weakens the enemy's w…
Forgetting Battle
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
Forgetting War is a treatise on the art of war recorded in the ancient Chinese military classic Hundred Battles, Hundred Stratagems. Starting from the…
Qi in Battle
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
This is a military treatise recorded in the ancient Chinese book of military strategy Bai Zhan Qi Lue (A Hundred Battles and Strange Stratagems). It s…
Battle in Anger
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
In any battle against the enemy, one must first inspire the troops, rousing them to fury before sending them into combat. As the classic maxim says: W…
The Battle That Must Be Fought
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
A chapter from the ancient Chinese military treatise Hundred Battles and Strange Strategies, "Must Fight" takes its theme from "strike where the enemy…
Preparation for War
Bashu Publishing House · 2024
War refers to the material and personnel preparations made for war.