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ISBN-13: | 9781623170066 |
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Publisher: | North Atlantic Books |
Publication date: | 05/17/2016 |
Pages: | 368 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Introduction xv
Chapter I Ba Gua Zhang and Military Strategy 1
The Art of War and Ba Gua Zhang 1
Orthodox and Unorthodox Strategies 3
Deception in Warfare 9
Terrain 14
Maneuver 16
Deployment 23
Flexibility and Adaptability 27
Blitz and Counter-Blitz 30
Guerrilla Warfare and Counterinsurgency 34
Innovation 45
Belisarius: A Study in Strategy 61
The Analogy of Water 67
Chapter II Strategy and the Eight Dispositions 69
Strategy and Grand Strategy 69
Strategic Planning 73
Strategic Plans Disrupted: Friction 85
The Chinese Way of Strategy and the Ba Gua 87
Interactions of the Eight Trigrams 91
The Eight Dispositions or Eight Intensions 98
Strategic Questions 109
Hexagrams of the Eight Palaces 112
Palace of Heaven 116
Palace of Earth 118
Palace of Thunder 120
Palace of Mountain 122
Palace of Wind 124
Palace of Lake 126
Palace of Water 128
Palace of Fire 130
Chapter III Strategy, the Yijing, and Ba Gua Zhang 133
The Implementation of Strategy 134
Ba Gua Zhang: Exponential Potential for Change 138
Liu Shi Si Shou 145
Ba Gua Straight Line Eight Diagram Sixty-Four Palms 150
Chapter IV Patterns of Change: The Order of the Hexagrams 161
Chapter V Applying Principles of Strategy and Change in Daily Life 173
Friction Revisited 173
Strategic Perspective and Orientation 176
The Yijing and Personal Life Strategies 177
Qualities of the Superior Person: Cultivating the Strategic Mind-Intention 180
Perseverance and Patience 181
Modesty 182
Tolerance 182
Leading and Following 184
Education: Learning from Others 185
Stillness, Stopping, and Waiting: Adaptation and Movement 186
Bold Decision and Forward Movement 187
Adaptation to Change 189
Cohesion: Bringing People and ideas Together 189
Increase and Decrease 190
The Message of the Yijing 191
Harmony and Balance 192
Wisdom 193
Self-Cultivation 193
Specific Applications of Strategy to Life 193
1 Application of Strategic Principles to Business and Work 194
Visions, Plans, Directions, and Goals 195
Operating Systems and Unified Practices 197
Decisions and Actions 198
Cultivating a Balanced Outlook 200
Respect and Appreciation 201
Communication and Meetings 203
Information and Metrics 204
2 Application of Strategic Principles to Relationships 205
Qualities for Cultivating Effective Relationships 206
Forming Relationships: Mutual Influence (Hexagram 31) 207
Intuition and Reason: Overcoming Differences 209
Sustaining Relationships: Constancy-Perseverance (Hexagram 32) 210
How Relationships Move Apart and Renew Themselves 211
Dispositions for Transformation 213
3 Application of Strategic Principles to Self-Fulfillment and One's Life Path 214
Desires and Goals 214
Excitement and Enthusiasm 216
Nourishing Life 217
Completion and Renewal: Hexagrams 63 and 64 218
Sincerity and Inner Truth: Hexagram 61 220
Ba Gua Zhang: Training a Disposition for Change and Transformation 221
Let Life Decide 223
Appendix I Conflict, the Army, and Peace 225
Three Hexagrams 225
Conflict/Contention (Song) 226
The Army (Shi) 229
Peace (Tai) 235
Appendix II Zhuge Liang on Strategy and Crisis Management 239
Zhuge Liang, the Master Strategist 239
Leadership and Opportunity 246
Appendix III The Thirty-Six Stratagems 253
1 Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Ocean 254
2 Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao 255
3 Kill with a Borrowed Knife 256
4 Wait Leisurely for an Exhausted Enemy. 257
5 Loot a Burning House 259
6 Make Noise in the East and Attack the West 259
7 Create Something from Nothing 261
8 Advance Secretly by Way of Chencang 262
9 Watch a Fire from Across the River 263
10 Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile 263
11 Sacrifice the Plum Tree to Preserve the Peach Tree 265
12 Lead Away a Goat in Passing 266
13 Beat the Grass to Startle the Snake 267
14 Find Reincarnation in Another's Corpse 268
15 Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountain 270
16 Leave at Large the Better to Capture 271
17 Cast Out a Brick to Attract Jade 272
18 To Catch Bandits, First Capture Their Leader 272
19 Remove the Firewood from Under the Cauldron 273
20 Muddle the Water to Seize the Fish 274
21 The Golden Cicada Sloughs off Its Skin 275
22 Shut the Door to Catch the Thief 276
23 Befriend Distant States While Attacking Nearby States 277
24 Attack Hu by a Borrowed Path 278
25 Replace the Beams with Rotten Timbers 279
26 Point at the Mulberry Tree but Curse the Locust Tree 280
27 Feign Madness but Keep Your Balance 281
28 Lure Your Enemy onto the Roof and Remove the Ladder 283
29 Deck the Tree with False Blossoms 284
30 Reverse Positions of the Host and Guest 285
31 The Beautiful Woman Stratagem 286
32 The Empty City Strategy 287
33 Turn the Enemy's Agents against Him 288
34 The Self-Injury Strategy 291
35 Linked Stratagems 291
36 If All Else Fails, Retreat 292
Notes 295
Bibliography 315
Index 325
About the Author 337