Games People Play

Wei Yen

Chapter 3 in From the Great Wall to Wall Street, 2017, pp 23-42 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Chinese People; Board Game; Guerilla Warfare; Evasive Tactic; Debt Ceiling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33008-2_3

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