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Sun Tzu (/ suːn ˈdzuː, suːn ˈsuː / soon DZOO, soon SOO; [1][2] traditional Chinese: 孫子; simplified Chinese: 孙子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC). Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an ...
Aug 6, 2013 · 2013年8月6日. This is a literal, line-by-line translation and annotation of 孫子 兵法 始計: the section Laying Plans, from Sun Zi’s Art of War. There are plenty of elegant, idiomatic translations of 孫子兵法 available elsewhere online. What I’m trying to make here is a very close but still readable translation that might be ...
Mar 6, 2014 · The Zi Crew: Philosophers who blew everyone’s mind. “Pure” philosophers weren’t the only thought leaders in pre-Imperial Chinese history. The legendary general Sunzi (孙子, Sūnzǐ, 544-496BC), aka Sun Tzu, created a lasting system of military strategy still widely referenced in both the East and West. Sunzi’s philosophy, although ...
Jan 17, 2019 · Doubts about the authorship of Sun Wu were also raised by Japanese scholars and the Chinese historian Qi Sihe 齊思和 (1907-1980) in the 1930s. Modern scholars are of the opinion that the Sunzi bingfa was composed, as a draft, during the 5th century and then later, probably by Sun Bin, revised according to contemporary tactics and strategy.
The name Sun Zi ("Master Sun") is an honorific title bestowed upon Sun Wu (孫, 武; Sūn Wǔ), the author's name. The character 武, wu, meaning "military," is the same as the character in wu shu, or martial art. Sun Wu also has a Chinese courtesy name, Chang Qing (長: 卿; Cháng Qīng). The only surviving source on the life of Sun Zi is the ...
Nov 3, 2022 · The Art of War and Sunzi’s modern image outside China must be placed within their original Chinese context. The mythical author and “his” text served a specific function in Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian that, given the seminal nature of the Records of the Grand Historian in creating many of the categories and interpretations of pre-imperial and very early imperial history ...
Sep 9, 2011 · The Art of War (孙子兵法，Sun Zi Bing Fa) is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time, and one of the basic texts on the subject.
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