Ways of Warriors, Codes of Kings: Lessons in Leadership from the Chinese Classics

Ways of Warriors, Codes of Kings: Lessons in Leadership from the Chinese Classics by Cleary, Thomas. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781570624438.

Here is an illustrated treasury of selections from the Chinese classics of strategy, a concise and user-friendly presentation of ancient principles of leadership in the words of the masters themselves. Written originally for rulers and generals, these Taoist-influenced texts contain wisdom that is universally applicable to all kinds of modern human interaction. Thomas Cleary has put together this collection of gems of wisdom from six of the classics — Master Wei Lao, The Book of Three Strategies, The Book of Six Strategies , The Warrior Code of the Cavaliers, and two of the classics entitled The Art of War, by Wu Qi and Sun Tzu.