20-24 septembrie 2009 - Biblioteca Metropolitana Bucuresti

How texts survive. Some considerations on text structure... 83for which no apparent hierarchy can be defined, as in section 2, “WagingWar”. These are typical examples of what would be expressed today by alist with bullet points, allowing the speaker to comment on each item, ifnecessary.公 家 之 費 , 破 軍 罷 馬 , 甲 胄 矢 弓 , 戟 盾 矛 櫓 , 丘 牛 大 車 , 十 去 其 六... while government expenses for• broken chariots,• worn-out horses,• breast-plates and helmets,• bows and arrows,• spears and shields,• protective mantles,• draught-oxen and heavy wagons,will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.Sometimes, the text is structured by rhymes, as in section 6, “WeakPoints and Strong”:微 乎 微 乎 至 於 無 形 神 乎 神 乎 至 於 無 聲Many translations usually do not reproduce the rhyme which is visibleeven in modern Chinese pronounciation:微 乎 微 乎 wei hu wei hu至 于 無 形 zhi yu wu xing神 乎 神 乎 shen hu shen hu至 于 無 聲 zhi yu wu shengOnly Volker Klöpsch in his recent new translation 8 of “The Art ofWar” reflects the rhyme and writes 9 :Ach, wie geheimnisvoll –die Form selber verschwimmt.Ach, wie wunderbar –keinen Laut man vernimmt.8Sunzi. Die Kunst des Krieges. 2009. Aus dem Chinesischen übertragen und miteinem Nachwort versehen von Volker Klöpsch. Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main undLeipzig.9Ibidem: 27.