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The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods. Translated by Victor H. Main New York Columbia University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-13382-1. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxxiii, 189. $19.95.
Victor Mair's excellent new translation of Sunzi's (Sun Tzu) Art of War is a welcome addition to the pre-existing body of translations of this text. It joins the ranks of the half dozen first-rate translations of the Sunzi, and brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text: that of a pure sinologist. Professor Mair is well known in the field of China studies for his philologic and linguistic work, and we are fortunate to have such a mature and skilled practitioner of these arcane arts turn his attention to the foundation text of Chinese military...