The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi
Always visible content "The Art of War" by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Composed of 13 chapters, this influential work explores military strategy, tactics, intelligence operations, and the art of warfare. For nearly 1,500 years, it served as the lead text in China's Seven Military Classics. The treatise has shaped military thinking worldwide, inspiring leaders from Mao Zedong to Douglas MacArthur with its Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less timeless principles of strategy and discipline. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Chapters (435)
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- INTRODUCTION Ch.2
- Chapter XIII. The Use of Spies Ch.3
- INTRODUCTION Ch.4
- 1. TS’AO TS’AO or Ts’ao Kung, afterwards known as Wei Wu Ti [A.D. Ch.5
- 2. MENG SHIH. The commentary which has come down to us under this name Ch.6
- 3. LI CH’UAN of the 8th century was a well-known writer on military Ch.7
- 4. TU YU (died 812) did not publish a separate commentary on Sun Tzŭ, Ch.8
- 5. TU MU (803-852) is perhaps the best known as a poet—a bright star Ch.9
- 6. CH’EN HAO appears to have been a contemporary of Tu Mu. Ch’ao Ch.10
