Zhan Guo Ce

Zhan Guo Ce
Traditional Chinese戰國
Simplified Chinese战国
Literal meaning"Strategies of the Warring States"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhàn Guó Cè
Gwoyeu RomatzyhJann Gwo Tseh
Wade–GilesChan4 Kuo2 Ts'ê4
IPA[ʈʂân kwǒ tsʰɤ̂]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJin Gwok Chaak
JyutpingZin3 Gwok3 Caak3
IPA[tsin˧ kʷɔk̚˧ tsʰak̚˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChiàn Kok Chhek
Tâi-lôTsiàn kok tshik
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinesedʒèn kwok tʂʰeak
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*tar-s [C.q]ʷˤək [tsʰ](r)ek

The Zhan Guo Ce (W-G: Chan-kuo T'se), also known in English as the Strategies of the Warring States or Annals of the Warring States, is an ancient Chinese text that contains anecdotes of political manipulation and warfare during the Warring States period (5th to 3rd centuries BC).[1] It is an important text of the Warring States period as it describes the strategies and political views of the School of Diplomacy and reveals the historical and social characteristics of the period.

  1. ^ Tsien (1993), p. 1.

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