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Intrigues of the Warring States
Persuaders travel from court to court, offering kings alliances, betrayals and plans to swallow their neighbours. The Intrigues of the Warring States collects hundreds of their speeches and schemes, arranged by state, from the last centuries before the Qin unification. Here are Su Qin, who united six kingdoms against Qin, and Zhang Yi, who broke them apart; the fox who borrowed the tiger's terror, the snipe and the clam, Jing Ke's attempt on the King of Qin, and countless clever answers that saved a life or lost a kingdom. It is witty, cynical, gripping and the source of many Chinese proverbs. This complete new English translation covers the whole work, with Liu Xiang's memorial and the later prefaces. Names are given in modern pinyin, offices and titles are rendered plainly, and the narrative runs as continuous English prose, so the book can be read straight through by anyone curious about China's past, not only by specialists.
