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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring and Autumn period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills or art related to warfare and how it applies ...
Apr 23, 2010 · The Art of War is a meditation on military strategy commonly attributed to Chinese warrior Sun Tzu. ... What they do know is that copies of the book, typically written on sets of sewn-together ...
- Mark Cartwright
- Initial Estimations. The book opens with the following statement: "Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the Way [Tao] to survival or extinction.
- Waging War. The importance of supplies and logistics to an army are expressed. Weapons will dull, food will run out and soldiers tire so that, "No country has ever profited from protracted warfare" (ibid, 159).
- Planning Offensives. A commander should limit the destruction inflicted on the enemy: "The highest realisation of warfare is to attack the enemy's plans; next is to attack their alliances; next to attack their army; and the lowest is to attack their fortified cities" (ibid, 161).
- Military Disposition. Planning and preparation are again stressed. Commanders must know when to attack and when to defend. They must always measure, estimate, calculate, and weigh the strength of their enemy, then victory will be assured.
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 ...
Sun Tzu, a military strategist and general who served the state of Wu near the end of the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 bce), is traditionally considered the author of The Art of War, but the work is more likely to have been written early in the Warring States period (475–221 bce), at a time when China was divided into six or seven states that often resorted to war with one another in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Translated by Lionel Giles. I. Laying Plans. 1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account ...
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Tzu’s The Book of War (often translated as The Art of War) is certainly the most famous and influential. The text was apparently written either just before or during the Warring States Period (c. 475–221 B.C.), when seven states fought for supremacy until the Qing Dynasty came to dominate China.
