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How can the two superpowers cultivate friendly relations / avoid escalating a cold war? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What Chinese literature do you enjoy?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

Three Body Problem is a recent popular Chinese sci-fi series with a good translation that I can recommend.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sun Tzu's Art of War /s

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Why sarcasm? It's a good read and it occasionally comes to mind.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've read it too (a long time ago, in a galaxy far... ehm, you know what I mean). I remember it was pretty good and interesting read. This sarcasm is more like a joke - when OP asks why superpowers can't get along, just recommend book about warfare and getting upper hand on your enemy.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Ahh it flew over my head thanks.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" is often misattributed to Sun Tzu, but it's still a good joke in context lol.

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 5 points 10 months ago

I enjoyed Romance of the Three Kingdoms quite a bit. It was legitimately entertaining! I would recommend an abridged translation.

I've studied some Analects / Dialects / Neoconfucianism in school, Tao Te Ching, and Art of War. Those had some useful ideas in them, but were not exactly a laugh a minute (although Tao Te Ching has some funny bits). Those last two are very short texts as well.

Still on my list: Bandits of the Marsh, Journey to the West, and one other I can't remember the title of right now.