The Harro von senger - the famous Chinese 36 stratagems. Gift books bound in leather.

Chinese strategic traps applied to politics, diplomacy and civil governance

The Harro von senger, a Swiss sinologist and a lawyer. The researcher of ancient Chinese military strategy. The author of the popular monograph on the thirty-six stratagems. Doctor of philosophy, doctor of law, Professor of Sinology at Freiburg University.

Modern psychology has come to the conclusion that relationships between people at all levels are defined gaming systems with their rules and features.What named games, has for several centuries before the Christian era was the heritage of Chinese culture communication. Strategymost thinking and behavior - and that this notion is equivalent to the concept of the game refers to the distinctive characteristics of Chinese civilization. To the greatest extent the concept of stratagem is similar to the concept of algorithm in mathematics. But if not to compare with math, the stratagem means a strategic plan in which the enemy's lies any trap, a trick. The stratagem was not only the generals. Political instructors of the kings were skilled in the management of civil society and diplomacy. In China several centuries BC, the development of strategic plans stratagem - entered practice, becoming a sort of art, who enriches many generations. Stratagems become a secret national treasure. Their discovery is recognized as one of the major achievements of the Oriental academic science in our country. Present readers the opportunity to see the entire collection of the 36 stratagems, first published in a single volume. In the second part (stratagems 19-36) were made to reduce examples to illustrate the different sides of the same stratagem. While cleaning out stale political content and pages that are designed specifically of the German-speaking public.