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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. Sun Tzu believed in the use of the military sciences to effect outcomes that would result in peace.

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: 3.97 · 364,847 ratings · 12,506 reviews · 473 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Art of War 3.97 avg rating — 356,079 ratings — published -500 — 3799 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War/The Art of Warfare by Sun Tzu, Sun Pin, D.E. Tarver (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 2,326 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought by Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Confucius 4.24 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work by Sun Tzu, Chin-Ning Chu 3.72 avg rating — 941 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War by Sun Tzu & the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi by Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi 4.41 avg rating — 409 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War/The Book Of Lord Shang by Sun Tzu, Tao Hanzhang, Shang Yang 4.03 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules by Sun Tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson 3.80 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War Visualized: The Sun Tzu Classic in Charts and Graphs by Sun Tzu, Jessica Hagy (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of War: Sun-tzu The Art of Warfare & Karl von Clausewitz On War by Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, Modern Library 4.11 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War and Tao Te Ching: Ancient Chinese Wisdom Classics by Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Lionel Giles (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Sun Tzu

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

tags: diplomacy, 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

tags: strategy

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November 2017 Old School Classic Poll

Walden by Henry David Thoreau 1854, 352 pages

55 votes, 19.1%

The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas 1850, 246 pages

53 votes, 18.4%

The Art of War by Sun Tzu -500, 273 pages

47 votes, 16.3%

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 1860, 579 pages

33 votes, 11.5%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

31 votes, 10.8%

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 1833, 240 pages

24 votes, 8.3%

The Monk by Matthew Lewis 1796, 386 pages

18 votes, 6.3%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 1859, 586 pages

11 votes, 3.8%

The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story by Eliza Parsons 1793, 224 pages

9 votes, 3.1%

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 1896, 224 pages

7 votes, 2.4%

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