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3. Games People Play

verfasst von : Wei Yen

Erschienen in: From the Great Wall to Wall Street

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu says that the weak can triumph over the strong and the gentle can overcome the uncompromising. This saying illustrates succinctly the traditional Chinese attitude towards conflict.Below I use three representative examples—the martial art of tai chi, board game of Weiqi and the book The Art of War—and their Western equivalents to show how Chinese and Westerners differ in their approaches to managing contest.

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Metadaten
Titel
Games People Play
verfasst von
Wei Yen
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33008-2_3

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