Review
“Mair provides insight on how this manual came to exist.” — Indianapolis Star”Lean, clear, all fustian removed.” — Donald Richie, Japan Times”Mair’s excellent new translation of Sunzi’s (Sun Tzu) Art of War… brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text.” — Peter Lorge, Journal of Military History
Review
“After reading Victor Mair’s elegant new rendering of the ancient text, I was left without any doubt that it is an important contribution to our understanding of both the meaning of the text itself and the evolution of Chinese military thought. While some translations in the past have been informed by philosophical studies or the translator’s own personal experience of modern warfare and intelligence matters, what Mair brings to bear is a remarkable feel for the Chinese language of ancient times that results in lucid and persuasive renderings of many of the more enigmatic and obscure passages. He steers a judicious course be (more…)