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Tables of Contents for Sun Bin
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
1
The Excavation at Yinqueshan
1
3
Sun Bin as a Historical Person
4
12
The Reconstructed Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
16
4
Analysis of Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare
20
20
An Overview
20
2
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Overlap
22
1
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Textual Borrowings
23
1
Sunzi and Sun Bin: Thematic Continuities
24
5
Sunzi and Sun Bin: The Differences
29
2
Sun Bin on Siege Warfare
31
1
Sun Bin and the Introduction of Cavalry
32
2
Sun Bin and Battle Formation (zhen)
34
6
Sun Bin: Current Assessments of its Value
40
3
The Art of Warfare as a Genre
43
3
Sun Bin as Philosophical Literature
46
45
Foreknowledge (zhi)
53
7
The Way (dao)
60
2
Strategic Advantage (shi)
62
2
Weighing with the Lever Scales (quan)
64
3
Battle Formation and Diplay (zhen / chen)
67
4
Adaptability (bian)
71
2
Yin-yang and a Correlative Vocabulary
73
4
The Exemplary Commander (jiang)
77
6
The Complete Victory (quan sheng)
83
8
Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare A Translation
Part I---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Sixteen-Chapter Text Recovered from the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Capturing Pang Juan
91
3
[An Audience with King Wei of Qi]
94
3
The Questions of King Wei of Qi
97
8
Tian Ji Inquires about Battlefield Defenses
105
5
On Selecting the Troops
110
2
The Moon and Warfare
112
2
The Eightfold Division of Formations
114
2
Terrain as Treasure
116
2
Preparing the Strategic Advantage (shi)
118
3
[The Real Nature of Military]
121
2
Carrying out the Selection of Personnel
123
2
Sacrifice in Battle
125
2
Raising and Keeping Morale High
127
2
Coordinating Military Assignments
129
4
The Five Kinds of Training Methods
133
2
[Strengthening the Military]
135
4
Part II---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare The Fifteen Supplemental Chapters Recovered from the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty Strips
Ten Military Formations
139
5
Ten Questions
144
5
Overwhelming an Armed Infantry
149
2
The Positions of Invader and Defender
151
3
The Expert Commander
154
2
Five Postures and Five Situations in which an Army Respects Conventions
156
2
[Military Mistakes]
158
2
The Rightness (yi) of the Commander
160
2
[The Excellence (de) of the Commander]
162
1
Fatal Weaknesses of the Commander
163
1
[Fatal Mistakes of the Commander]
164
3
[Male and Female Fortifications]
167
2
[Five Considerations and Nine Objectives]
169
2
[Concentrated and Sparse Troops]
171
2
Straightforward and Surprise Operations
173
6
Part III---Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare Text Recovered from Later Commentarial, Historical, and Encyclopedic Sources
Ten Advantages of Using the Cavalry
179
1
Attacking the Heart-and-Mind
180
1
Fragments
181
16
Appendix
Background to the Excavation at Yinqueshan
187
1
Dating the Tombs and Identifying the Occupants
188
2
The First Published Reports
190
2
The Bamboo Strip Manuscripts and their Dates
192
5
Notes
197
40
Bibliography of Works Cited
237
6
Index
243
10
About the Authors
253