Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Use the Martial to Dispel Calamity and the Civil to Bring Order Chapter 1: Conquer and Govern: Wen and Wu as a Conceptual Pair in Classical Chinese Thought Chapter 2: Righteous Warfare: Laying Siege to an Enemy in Disorder Part II: Military Chapters of the Yi Zhou shu Chapter 3: Introduction to the Yi Zhou shu: Its Transmission and Reception Chapter 4: Translation and Study of the Military Chapters of the Yi Zhou shu Chapter 5: Dating and Language of the Military Chapters of the Yi Zhou shu Appendix Notes Bibliography Index