Abstract

Scholarly translations of selections from the original classical Chinese texts and correcting or re-interpreting Sadler's 1944 translations as required for correctness and clarity.Scholarly annotations to Sadler's translation, including; discussion and explanation of textual content of classical texts, including elaborations on meanings, philosophical and biographical information; drawing linkages between the original textual content with strategic and military developments and events in the warfare and politics of East Asia in the recent historical period; discussion on points of the field of strategic studies.