The Art of War and Other Eastern Classics

This volume brings together three foundational works of Eastern thought: The Art of War, The Tao Te Ching and the Confucian Analects. At its core sits a principle as relevant to conflict as to character: know the enemy and know yourself, and a hundred battles need not be feared; know only yourself, and victory and defeat will come in equal measure; know neither, and every battle is lost before it begins. Read together, these three classics offer strategy, philosophy and ethics in a single collection.