Date of Graduation
5-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in History (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
History
Advisor/Mentor
Liang Cai
Committee Member
Elizabeth J. Markham
Second Committee Member
Rembrandt F. Wolpert
Keywords
Philosophy, religion and theology, Social sciences, Art of War, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun-tzu, Sunzi
Abstract
“Philosophical Influences in The Art of Warfound in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” is an examination of Sunzi’s philosophy about leadership in The Art of War as applied to the moral character, or lack thereof, of historical Han Dynasty leaders, Liu Bei and Cao Cao. In Luo Guanzhong’s The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two are fictionalized with oppositional personalities and corresponding philosophical bases. I explore the ways in which their actions embody or reject the philosophy found in Sunzi’s The Art of War.
Citation
Clark, N. E. (2012). Philosophical Influences in The Art of War found in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/289