Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the WorldSunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Philosophy
Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800; War -- Early works to 1800
Wang Tzŭ, quoted, 4, 6, 24.
Wang-tzŭ Ch‘eng-fu, xiii.
War, want of fixity in, 54.
Warlike prince, 141, 158.
Water, an aid to the attack, 156.
Waterloo, battle of, 5, 48, 130.
Weapons, 14.
Weeping, 127.
Wei, kingdom of, xxxv; province of, 105.
Wei river, 81.
_Wei Chih_ (in the _San Kuo Chih_), xix, xxxvi.
Wei I, 106.
_Wei Liao Tzŭ_, li; quoted, 35, 73, 97, 99, 107, 125; referred to, xxiv.
Wei Po, 165.
Wei Wu Ti. _See_ Ts‘ao Kung.
Well-being of one’s men, to be studied, 123.
Wellington, his description of his army at Waterloo, 130; on the eve of
Waterloo, 5; saying, of, 110; skilful in dissimulation, 6.
Wên, Duke of Chin, 141.
_Wên Hsien T‘ung K‘ao_, quoted, xxxvii, xxxviii, xl, xli; referred to,
xxi, xxiii, xxxvi, liii.
Wên-su, King of, 132.
Wên Ti, Emperor of Sui dynasty, 151.
Wên Wang, l, 174.
Western Sacred Mountain, xxxii.
Wind, days of, 153; duration of, 155.
“Words on Wellington,” quoted, 5.
Wu, city of, xiv; king of, 118. _See also_ Ho Lu.
Wu State, xxv, 49, 50, 129, 159; dates in the history of, xxvii, xxviii;
first mentioned in history, xxvii.
Wu Ch‘i, l, 64, 65, 110; compared with Sun Wu, xliii; plagiary of Sun
Tzŭ, xxiv. See also _Wu Tzŭ_.
_Wu Ch‘i Ching_, lii.
Wu Huo, 29.
Wu Jên-chi, xxxiii.
Wu-lao, heights of, 104.
Wu Nien-hu, xxxiii.
Wu-tu, town of, 165.
Wu-tu Ch‘iang, 80.
_Wu Tzŭ_, xix, l; quoted, 24, 56, 66, 77, 80, 81, 98, 107, 115, 131,
142, 156; referred to, xxiv.
Wu Tzŭ-Hsü, xxix, xlviii. _See also_ Wu Yüan.
Wu Wang, xvi, 20, 175.
Wu Yüan, xiii, xxiii, 56; a spurious treatise fathered on, xxix.
_Wu Yüeh Ch‘un Ch‘iu_, quoted, xiv, xviii.
Wylie’s “Notes,” referred to, xli, lii.
Ya, King of Chao, 144.
Yang Han, 115.
Yang-p‘ing, city of, 46.
Yangtsze river, 123.
Yao Hsiang, 78.
Yarkand, battle of, 132.
Yeh Shih or Yeh Shui-hsin, his theory about Sun Tzŭ, xxi, xxiii, xxv;
on Sun Tzŭ’s style, xxiv.
Yellow Emperor, the, xvi, 84.
Yellow Turban rebels, 154.
Yen, King of Hsü, xvi, xlix.
Yen Shih-ku, 167.
Yen Ti, 84.
Yen Tzŭ, quoted, 98.
_Yin_ and _Yang_, 2.
Yin dynasty, 173, 174.
_Yin Fu Ching_, xxxvi, 111.
Ying, capital of Ch‘u, xii, xiii, xvi, xxix.
Ying K‘ao-shu, xxi.
Yo Fei, a student of Sun Tzŭ, xlii.
Yo I, 117.
_Yü Hai_, quoted, xlii; referred to, xxxvi, xl, lii, liii.
_Yü Lan_ encyclopaedia. See _T‘ai P‘ing Yü Lan_.
—Text of Sun Tzŭ in the. See _Sun Tzŭ_.
Yüan, the two, opponents of Ts‘ao Ts‘ao, xxxv.
_Yüan Chien Lei Han_, liii.
Yüan Shao, 151.
Yüeh State, 129; compared with Wu, xxvi, 49, 50; first mentioned in
history, xxvii.
_Yüeh Chüeh Shu_, quoted, xiv.
_Yüeh Yü_, xxi.
_Yung Lo Ta Tien_, lii.
CORRIGENDA
[Transcriber’s note: the corrigenda listed below has been incorporated
into the text.]
P. ix, _note_: For “edition” read “translation.”
„ 14, line 3: For “by” read “in the.”
„ 16, line 5: For “T.” read “_T‘u Shu_.”
„ „ § 19, _note_: Before “War” insert “Soldiers are not to be used as
playthings.”
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