Wednesday, May 13, 2009

China Cards 21-25

  1. http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=201513
  2. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, World Almanac Education Group, WRC Media Company.
  3. None, but it's the History Channel
  4. Sun Tzu wrote the earliest military treatise, The Art of War, which described Chinese weapons, command systems, communications, discipline, grade distinctions, strategy, etc.
  5. Yes
  6. HISTORY CHANNEL!

  1. http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
  2. None
  3. None
  4. "When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength." "If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them." "Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
  5. Yes
  6. I have seen this quote many times

  1. http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/subjects/history/waimilhist/1998/suntzu.html
  2. Dean McNicol
  3. referenced many people in the article
  4. the art of war can be used for the following: conflict between armies, and conflict between political organisations or countries
  5. Yes
  6. There are many references to back him up

  1. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1771.Sun_Tzu
  2. None
  3. None
  4. "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win"
  5. No
  6. This website is trying to sell the book. However, I've seen this quote before

  1. http://www.wideworldofquotes.com/quotes/sun-tzu-quotes.html
  2. Wide World of Quotes
  3. None
  4. "Opportunities multiply as they are seized." -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War "Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance." -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
  5. Maybe
  6. This quotes is everywhere but there are no credincials to back the author up.

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