Sun-zi and the art of war: The rhetoric of parsimony

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 276-294

  Combs, Steven C ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Daoism; Parsimony; Rhetoric; Sun zi (Sun tzu)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039845722     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335630009384297     Document Type: Article

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