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The Art of War

Sun Tzu

  • 90 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1900
  • 1,542 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu.

  • Military art and science
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Classics
  • History
  • Military art and science, history
  • Military Science
  • Ancient

2 What to expect

An ancient Chinese treatise on strategy in thirteen short chapters of sayings. Readable in an afternoon, and still quoted about business, sport and games.

Good for readers who want: strategy, ancient philosophy, and a short read.

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4 About Sun Tzu

 

Sun Tzu (; 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, a Classical Chinese text on military strategy from the Warring States period, though the earliest parts of the work probably date to at least a century after him.

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