| Zhan Guo Ce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 戰國策 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 战国策 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Strategies of the Warring States" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Zhan Guo Ce (W-G: Chan-kuo T'se), also known in English as the Strategies of the Warring States or Annals of the Warring States, is an ancient Chinese text that contains anecdotes of political manipulation and warfare during the Warring States period (5th to 3rd centuries BC).[1] It is an important text of the Warring States period as it describes the strategies and political views of the School of Diplomacy and reveals the historical and social characteristics of the period.