The Mandate of Heaven: Strategy, Revolution, and the First European Translation of Sunzi's Art of War (1772)

by Adam Parr

The Mandate of Heaven examines the first European version of Sunzi's Art of War, which was translated from Chinese by Joseph Amiot, a French missionary in Beijing, and published in Paris in 1772. His work is presented in English for the first time. Amiot undertook this project following the suppression of the Society of Jesus in France with the aim of demonstrating the value of the China mission to the French government. He addressed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004414495
• ISBN13: 9789004414495
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"