the art of war
the art of war (chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: sūnzĭ bīngfǎ) is an ancient chinese military treatise attributed to sun tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. the text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. it is commonly known to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. it has been the most famous and influential of china’s seven military cl-ssics, and “for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in asia, where even the common people knew it by name.” it has had an influence on eastern and western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
the book was first translated into the french language in 1772 by french jesuit jean joseph marie amiot and a partial translation into english was attempted by british officer everard ferguson calthrop in 1905. the first annotated english language translation was completed and published by lionel giles in 1910. leaders as diverse as mao zedong, general vo nguyen giap, general douglas macarthur and leaders of imperial j-pan have drawn inspiration from the work.
the art of war has been applied to many fields well outside of the military. much of the text is about how to fight wars without actually having to do battle: it gives tips on how to outsmart one’s opponent so that physical battle is not necessary. as such, it has found application as a training guide for many compet-tive endeavors that do not involve actual combat.
there are business books applying its lessons to office politics and corporate strategy. many j-panese companies make the book required reading for their key executives. the book is also popular among western business management, who have turned to it for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in compet-tive business situations. it has also been applied to the field of education.
the art of war has been the subject of law books and legal articles on the trial process, including negotiation tactics and trial strategy.
a thosand year old text which sun tzu
wrote depicting various wartime strategies
all possesing argueably more common sence
then our modern day ones.
ironicaly its very simple and terribly
short, shrunken down to font size 8 it
fits on about 10 pages, anyone with a
grade 5 mentality could read it, which
also makes it dangerous. the art of war;
it was ok. warwarfarsoft taco
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