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Unread postby WeiTreize » Tue May 03, 2005 1:31 pm

It is hard to find books on chinese staragy and I am looking for some.
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Unread postby yoshitsune » Thu May 19, 2005 3:09 pm

The best strategy book of all time is the Art of War. Get that!!!
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Unread postby Mistelten » Thu May 19, 2005 6:51 pm

Currently reading Shang Yang. It only cost me one dollar! No kidding.
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Unread postby bodidley » Thu May 19, 2005 8:36 pm

I'm trying to find a good English translaton of Lu Buwei's Lushi Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals) does anyone know of one? If so, please tell me the name of the edition and translator.
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Unread postby Prime Minister Kongming » Sun May 22, 2005 2:15 am

you can look up Sun Tzu's art of war, it teaches you formation attacking and even economy
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Unread postby bodidley » Sun May 22, 2005 2:19 am

Ralph D. Sawyer has an excellent translation of the Seven Military Classics, including Sun Wu Bing Fa. I'm looking specifically for the Spring and Autumn Annals.
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Unread postby Prime Minister Kongming » Sun May 29, 2005 2:00 am

o it was also translated by Mao Tse Tung
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Unread postby Hero of Chaos » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:07 am

Does anyone know any chinese literature on the following:medicine, comerce, or buisness?
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Unread postby Zhao_Yun_Zilong » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:44 pm

I wish someone would do a new translation of Feng Shen Yan Yi.
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Unread postby Lady Wu » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:18 pm

Zhao_Yun_Zilong wrote:I wish someone would do a new translation of Feng Shen Yan Yi.

There *is* a translation of that book?! :shock:
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