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Michael Nylan

Michael Nylan
Michael Nylan is a professor of early Chinese history at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include The Five “Confucian" Classics, China’s Early Empires, Analects: A Norton Critical Edition, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, Exemplary Figures, and Documents Classic.


The Art of War is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It

Translator Michael Nylan on Sun Tzu's Oft Misunderstood Classic
January 16, 2020  By Michael Nylan
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