Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu (孫子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) is a honorific title bestowed upon Sūn Wu (孫武 c. 544-496 BC), the author of The Art of War (孫子兵法), an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. He is also one of the earliest realists in international relations theory.

In the author's name, Sūn Wu, the character wu, meaning "military", is the same as the character in wu shu, or martial art. Sun Wu also has a courtesy name, Chang Qing (Cháng Qīng).

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Average rating: 3.85 · 33,587 ratings · 1,699 reviews · 61 distinct works

	The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 33,146 ratings — published -400 — 568 editions	My rating:
	The Art of War: Sun Tzu's Classis in Plain English with Sun Pin's: The Art of Warfare by Sun Tzu, Sun Bin, D.E. Tarver 4.21 avg rating — 82 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Sun Tzu's the Art of War: Plus the Ancient Chinese Revealed by Sun Tzu, Gary Gagliardi (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Book of War: Sun-tzu The Art of Warfare & Karl von Clausewitz On War by Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, Modern Library 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Art of War/The Book Of Lord Shang (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Sun Tzu, Wilkinson, Tao Hanzhang 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Art of War by Sun Tzu & the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi 4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles (1875 - 1958) (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Art of War Plus the Art of Management: Strategy for Leadership 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Lost Art of War: Recently Discovered Companion to the Bestselling The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Sun-tzu 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: strategy , victory , war

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,
you will succumb in every battle”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Special Edition

tags: strategy

178 people liked it

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: deception , life , war

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