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Summary: Pictures is Better
Review: I am a firm believer in pictures. If you have to paint or color by numbers, who cares! As long as you learn from it. Why spend weeks trying to interpret a someone else's interpretation? The problem with most translations is that they use huge words and do such literal translating that you need another book just to translate the translation. This book gets right to the point and you can CLEARLY see/understand what the lesson is. This is a great life planner and a great page turner. (You can even color in it if it helps);) I highly recommend this book for people who just wnat to get to the point and not have to spend weeks going over history lessons.
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Summary: Start Here
Review: Just getting started on your desire to understand eastern philosophies? Have you stood at the bookstore for hours pouring over where to start and what to buy? Any of this authors books are a wonderful place to start. The reason? Because these books are all about the title subject in a nutshell, easy to read as a comic book, the story lines and illustrations are wonderful, and after you read this as well as all the other books by Tsai, you will have a great, well rounded start on your path and will know what you want to study more deeply! To add, when others ask you about your interest in eastern philosophy, you can get them started here as well, because these books are fun, consise, and you know they will enjoy them over and over again!
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Summary: Start Here
Review: Just getting started on your desire to understand eastern philosophies? Have you stood at the bookstore for hours pouring over where to start and what to buy? Any of this authors books are a wonderful place to start. The reason? Because these books are all about the title subject in a nutshell, easy to read as a comic book, the story lines and illustrations are wonderful, and after you read this as well as all the other books by Tsai, you will have a great, well rounded start on your path and will know what you want to study more deeply! To add, when others ask you about your interest in eastern philosophy, you can get them started here as well, because these books are fun, consise, and you know they will enjoy them over and over again!
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Summary: A Great Version of a Book We Could All Learn From
Review: There is so much we in the west could learn from Eastern Philosophy. Confucius and Confucianism, Lao-tzu and Daoism, and Sun Tzu and the Art of War are just some of the Great Eastern Thinking we should look at and apply to our everyday lives. The Art of War is more than a book on warfare. It is a book about battle yes, politics yes, but it can be applied to business, relationships, leadership, and other day to day life activities. It is a book that should be looked at. This particular version and the other books in this illustrated series is awesome. It is so much fun to look at and read and yet we can learn so much from this work. I agree, this is not the best complete translation. Personally, I enjoy the James Clavell translation. But, as a motivational book. As an illustrated book, this is very useful and enjoyable. This is a very good purchase and can be applied in so many ways.
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Summary: A Great Version of a Book We Could All Learn From
Review: There is so much we in the west could learn from Eastern Philosophy. Confucius and Confucianism, Lao-tzu and Daoism, and Sun Tzu and the Art of War are just some of the Great Eastern Thinking we should look at and apply to our everyday lives. The Art of War is more than a book on warfare. It is a book about battle yes, politics yes, but it can be applied to business, relationships, leadership, and other day to day life activities. It is a book that should be looked at. This particular version and the other books in this illustrated series is awesome. It is so much fun to look at and read and yet we can learn so much from this work. I agree, this is not the best complete translation. Personally, I enjoy the James Clavell translation. But, as a motivational book. As an illustrated book, this is very useful and enjoyable. This is a very good purchase and can be applied in so many ways.
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Summary: Sunzi Speaks well....
Review: This particular translation of Sunzi's work, while simplified, is one of the better ones. It is a good book to peruse as a stand-alone or alternately a companion to a more complex version. True, the simplification can be a trifle distracting at times, but the amusing drawings and casual language capture the attention of the reader more than the dry translations that are the norm, keeping the focus on the intent behind the prose. Should one be looking for a scholarly piece for scholarly work, it is likely that this would not be the correct book to use. For reading pleasure and comprehension, though, this particular work cannot be beaten. To dismiss it as suitable only for children or semi-literates smacks of elitism and narrow-mindedness.
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Summary: Sunzi Speaks well....
Review: This particular translation of Sunzi's work, while simplified, is one of the better ones. It is a good book to peruse as a stand-alone or alternately a companion to a more complex version. True, the simplification can be a trifle distracting at times, but the amusing drawings and casual language capture the attention of the reader more than the dry translations that are the norm, keeping the focus on the intent behind the prose. Should one be looking for a scholarly piece for scholarly work, it is likely that this would not be the correct book to use. For reading pleasure and comprehension, though, this particular work cannot be beaten. To dismiss it as suitable only for children or semi-literates smacks of elitism and narrow-mindedness.
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Summary: not satisfying
Review: This version makes the text understandable. Tzai Chih Chung brings Sun Tzu to life again. Graphics allow the reader to visualize the message. As a Civil War Reenactor I recommend this version of Sun Tzu's work.
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