Download Or Read Online "Guiguzi," China's First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and Commentary By Hui Wu Full Pages.[]Download [PDF] "Guiguzi," China's First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and Commentary Read Online.[]"Guiguzi," China's First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and Commentary[]When Gorgias, Plato, and Aristotle were discussing and defining rhetoric in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Bin, a descendent of Sun Tzu, who wrote?The Art of War, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, ?the Master of the Ghost Valley.? This pre?Qin dynasty recluse provided the basis for what is considered the earliest Chinese treatise devoted entirely to the art of persuasion. Called Guiguzi after its author, this translation of the received text provides an indigenous rhetorical theory and key persuasive strategies, some of which are still used by those involved in decision making and negotiations in China today. In ?Guiguzi,? China?s First Treatise on Rhetoric, Hui Wu and C. Jan Swearingen present a new critical translation of this foundational work, which has great historical significance for the study of Chinese rhetoric and communication and yet is little known to Western readers. Wu?s translation includes footnotes that incorporate both
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