The series Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners is composed of 50 books, divided into three subseries, namely folktales, literary stories and historical stories, corresponding to Levels 1-3 respectively. The Story of an Armchair Strategist tells the story of Zhao Kuo, son of the famous general Zhao She of Kingdom Zhao in the Warring States Period, who, as the successor of the great general Lian Po, with only book knowledge and no war experience, was defeated by the Qin army, causing a death toll of 400,000.

“学汉语分级读物”丛书一共50本，包括民间故事、文学故事、历史故事三个系列，分别对应1、2、3级。本套读物内容丰富有趣，语言简单易懂，不论是学汉语的外国人、在国外的华人子女，还是学汉语的少数民族学生，甚至是国内的小学生，都可以轻松阅读。通过阅读，使读者在欣赏故事的同时，逐步提高汉语阅读能力，增进对中国文化的了解。

“历史故事”系列共20本，取材于公元前770年到公元前202年春秋战国时期的历史。以《左传》《史记》《国语》《战国策》等历史记载为编撰依据，根据时间的先后每本有一个编号，读者可以根据编号的先后阅读。

本册《纸上谈兵的故事》，讲述了战国时期赵国名将赵奢之子赵括接替廉颇为赵将，在长平之战中只知道兵书而无实际作战经验而被秦军大败，导致赵军40万人被坑杀的故事。

Ms. Chen Xianchun is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University who has engaged in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language since 1975, equipped with rich Chinese teaching experience. Professor Chen has made profound research into the teaching of Chinese reading and has published, in addition to more than 20 academic papers, many monographs and textbooks such as Teaching Reading and Psychology, Typical Characters and Events in Chinese Culture, A Primer on Modern Chinese Reading, An Intensive Chinese Course, and Read This Way.

陈贤纯，北京语言大学教授，1975年开始从事对外汉语教学，具有丰富的汉语教学经验，并对汉语阅读教学有深入研究，发表论文20多篇，出版《外语阅读教学与心理学》《中国文化中的典型人物与事件》《现代汉语阅读入门》《汉语强化教程》《这样阅读》等多部专著与教材。