The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

"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 timeless principles of strategy and discipline. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Translator Giles, Lionel, 1875-1958
Uniform Title Sunzi bing fa. English
Title The Art of War
Original Publication 1910
Note See Project Gutenberg's eBook #17405 for this same text without the translator's annotations, and an HTML version.
Note Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War
Language Note Translated from the Chinese by Lionel Giles, M.A. (1910)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class U: Military science
Subject Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
Subject War -- Early works to 1800
Category Text
EBook-No. 132
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Aug 16, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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