Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Excavation at Yinqueshan
Sun Bin as a Historical Person
The Reconstructed Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
Analysis of Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
An Overview
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Overlap
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Textual Borrowings
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Thematic Continuities
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Differences
Sun Bin on Siege Warfare
Sun Bin and the Introduction of Cavalry
Sun Bin and Battle Formation (zhen)
Sun Bin: Current Assessments of its Value
The Art of Warfare as a Genre
Sun Bin
as Philosophical Literature
Foreknowledge (zhi)
The Way (dao)
Strategic Advantage (shi)
Weighing with the Lever Scales (quan)
Battle Formation and Display (zhen / chen)
Adaptability (bian)
Yin-yang
and a Correlative Vocabulary
The Exemplary Commander (jiang)
The Complete Victory (quan sheng)
Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare A Translation
Part I--Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Sixteen-Chapter Text Recovered from the Yingueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Chapter 1: Capturing Pang Juan
Chapter 2: [An Audience with King Wei of Qi]
Chapter 3: The Questions of King Wei of Qi
Chapter 4: Tian Ji Inquires about Battlefield Defenses
Chapter 5: On Selecting the Troops
Chapter 6: The Moon and Warfare
Chapter 7: The Eightfold Division of Formations
Chapter 8: Terrain as Treasure
Chapter 9: Preparing the Strategic Advantage (shi)
Chapter 10: [The Real Nature of Military]
Chapter 11: Carrying out the Selection of Personnel
Chapter 12: Sacrifice in Battle
Chapter 13. Raising and Keeping Morale High
Chapter 14: Coordinating Military Assignments
Chapter 15: The Five Kinds of Training Methods
Chapter 16: [Strengthening the Military]
Part II--Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Fifteen Supplemental Chapters Recovered from the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Chapter 17: Ten Military Formations
Chapter 18: Ten Questions
Chapter 19: Overwhelming an Armed Infantry
Chapter 20: The Positions of Invader and Defender
Chapter 21: The Expert Commander
Chapter 22: Five Postures and Five Situations in which an Army Respects Conventions
Chapter 23: [Military Mistakes]
Chapter 24: The Rightness (yi) of the Commander
Chapter 25: [The Excellence (de) of the Commander]
Chapter 26: Fatal Weaknesses of the Commander
Chapter 27: [Fatal Mistakes of the Commander]
Chapter 28: [Male and Female Fortifications]
Chapter 29: [Five Considerations and Nine Objectives]
Chapter 30: [Concentrated and Sparse Troops]
Chapter 31: Straightforward and Surprise Operations
Part III--Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare Text Recovered from Later Commentarial, Historical, and Encyclopedic Sources
Chapter 32: Ten Advantages of Using the Cavalry
Chapter 33: Attacking the Heart-and-Mind
Chapter 34: Fragments
Appendix
Background to the Excavation at Yinqueshan
Dating the Tombs and Identifying the Occupants
The First Published Reports
The Bamboo Strip Manuscripts and their Dates
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index
About the Authors