Zuo Zhuan is an awesome book with lots of stories about strategic thinking. The writing style is also very succinct and quite pleasant to read (require knowledg

Zuo Zhuan is an awesome book with lots of stories about strategic thinking. The writing style is also very succinct and quite pleasant to read (require knowledge about classic Chinese for sure). One good example is the following piece which I read from my high school textbook. English translation: https://oastarod.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/zhu-zhiwu-causes-the-withdrawal-of-qins-army/ https://oastarod.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/zhu-zhiwu-causes-t... It describes how an excellent diplomat manipulated vulnerabilities between countries to turn down a conflict. It happened in 630BC, but still applies to today.