Tables of Contents for Sun-Tzu
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
 
Introduction
3
1
The ``New'' Sun-tzu
3
6
Archaeology: A Revolution in the Study of Early China
9
4
The Excavation at Yin-ch'ueh-shan
13
3
The ``One or Two `Master Suns''' Debate
16
16
Sun Wu as a Historical Person
32
4
The Reconstructed Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare
36
3
Analysis of Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare
39
58
Wisdom and Warfare
39
4
The Classical Chinese World View: The Uncommon Assumptions
43
2
Some Classical Western Assumptions: A ``Two-World'' Theory
45
4
Some Classical Chinese Assumptions: A ``This-World'' View
49
15
Centripetal Harmony and Authority
64
3
Warfare as the Art of Contextualizing
67
4
Strategic Advantage (shih)
71
11
Strategic Advantage (shih) and Strategic Positioning (hsing)
82
1
According with the Enemy (yin)
83
2
An Attitude Toward Warfare
85
2
The Exemplary Commander
87
2
Foreknowledge (chih)
89
8
Introduction to the Translations
97
4
Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare: A Translation
Sun-tzu: Part I The Thirteen-Chapter Text
101
72
On Assessments
102
4
On Waging Battle
106
4
Planning the Attack
110
4
Strategic Dispositions (hsing)
114
4
Strategic Advantage (shih)
118
4
Weak Points and Strong Points
122
6
Armed Contest
128
6
Adapting to the Nine Contingencies (pien)
134
4
Deploying the Army
138
8
The Terrain
146
6
The Nine Kinds of Terrain
152
12
The Incendiary Attack
164
4
Using Spies
168
5
Sun-tzu: Part II Text Recovered from the Yin-ch'ueh-shan Han Dynasty Strips
173
24
The Questions of Wu
174
4
[The Four Contingencies]
178
4
The Yellow Emperor Attacks the Red Emperor
182
4
The Disposition [of the Terrain] II
186
4
[An Interview with the King of Wu]
190
7
Sun-tzu: Part III Text Recovered from Later Works
197
64
A Conversation between the King of Wu and Sun Wu
199
26
Sun Wu Discusses the Commander
225
10
Sun Wu Discusses Deploying the Army
235
4
The Prognostications of Sun-tzu
239
4
Sun Wu Discusses the ``Eight-Division Formation''
243
4
The Classic of the Thirty-two Ramparts
247
2
Han Dynasty Bamboo Strips from Ta-t'ung County
249
6
Miscellaneous
255
6
Appendix
261
16
Background to the Excavation at Yin-ch'ueh-shan
261
5
Dating the Tombs and Identifying the Occupants
266
2
The First Published Reports
268
3
The Bamboo Strip Manuscripts and Their Dates
271
6
Notes
277
28
Bibliography of Works Cited
305
6
Index
311