The Complete Art of War

Table of contents

• Title Page ii
• Contents vii
• Preface x
• A Note on Pronunciation xiv
• Chronology of Approximate Dynastic Periods xv
• Introduction 1
• Sun-Tzu Art of War - Translation and Commentary 37
• 1 - Initial Estimations 39
• 2 - Waging War 45
• 3 - Planning Offensives 49
• 4 - Military Disposition 55
• 5 - Strategic Military Power 61
• 6 - Vacuity and Substance 67
• 7 - Military Combat 75
• 8 - Nine Changes 81
• 9 - Maneuvering the Army 87
• 10 - Configurations of Terrain 95
• 11 - Nine Terrains 101
• 12 - Incendiary Attacks 113
• 13 - Employing Spies 117
• 14 - Nine Configurations and Two Questions (Passages from the T'Ung Tien) 123
• Sun Pin Military Methods - Translation and Commentary 133
• 1 - Capture of P'Ang Chüan 135
• 2 - Audience with King Wei 139
• 3 - The Questions of King Wei 143
• 4 - T'Ien Chi Inquires about Fortifications 151
• 5 - Selecting the Troops 157
• 6 - Lunar Warfare 161
• 7 - Eight Formations 165
• 8 - Treasures of Terrain 171
• 9 - Preparation of Strategic Power 175
• 10 - Nature of the Army 181
• 11 - Implementing Selection 185
• 12 - Killing Officers 189
• 13 - Expanding Ch'I 193
• 14 - Offices, I 201
• 15 - Strengthening the Army 209
• 16 - Ten Deployments 213
• 17 - Ten Questions 221
• 18 - Regulating Mailed Troops 229
• 19 - Distinction between Guest and Host 231
• 20 - Those Who Excel 237
• 21 - Five Names, Five Respects 241
• 22 - The Army's Losses 245
• 23 - The General's Righteousness 251
• 24 - The General's Virtue 255
• 25 - The General's Defeats 259
• 26 - The General's Losses 263
• 27 - Male and Female Cities 267
• 28 - Five Criteria, Nine Seizings 273
• 29 - The Dense and Diffuse 277
• 30 - Unorthodox and Orthodox 283
• 31 - Five Instructions 289
• 32 - Employing Cavalry (supplement from the T'Ung Tien) 293
• 33 - Attacking the Heart (A T'Ai-P'Ing Yü-Lan Fragment) 297
• Index of Strategic Concepts and Tactical Principles 299

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