“The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and accepted after the fall of the first empire as a text on military tactics. Likewise, they would have been surprised to see the Ping-fa military metaphor—an inspired teaching device—come to be seen as the message and not the medium.” PeaceLeadershipConflictArt Of WarMethodologyEmpireSun TzuXi AnQin Shi Huang Management Author:David G. Jones
“We will pick our way through the shards of broken objects folly leaves behind. And some of what breaks will be very beautiful.” T AngTaiXi AnLi PoSima ZianUnder HeavenWen Jian Author:Guy Gavriel Kay