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    The Art of War: The Classic Guide to Strategy: Essential Pocket Classics
    The Art of War: The Classic Guide to Strategy: Essential Pocket Classics
    The Art of War: The Classic Guide to Strategy: Essential Pocket Classics
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    The Art of War: The Classic Guide to Strategy: Essential Pocket Classics

    By Sun Tzu and Lionel Giles

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    Sun Tzu’s The Art of War offers the wisdom of ancient China for the modern reader

    Originally written in the 5th century, The Art of War is a masterpiece of military strategy and Chinese philosophy that has influenced countless leaders, both on the battlefield and in the boardroom. The exhortations and advice from The Art of War have echoed throughout the centuries as pieces of timeless wisdom, no matter the foe you may be facing.

    This edition of the timeless classic uses Lionel Giles’s brilliant translation of the original text, re-designed with a modern look and a pocket-size trim that’s perfect for gift giving. Whether they’re students or salespeople, readers everywhere will benefit from Sun Tzu’s profound insights into human behavior.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 29, 2022
    ISBN9781250828781
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    Sun Tzu

    Sun Tzu is thought to have been a military general and adviser to the king of the southern Chinese state of Wu during the sixth century BCE. Although some modern scholars have called his authorship into doubt, the world’s most influential and enduring treatise on military strategy, The Art of War, bears his name.

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      The Art of War - Sun Tzu

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      LAYING PLANS

      Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

      It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

      The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.

      These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

      5, 6. The MORAL LAW causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.

      HEAVEN signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons.

      EARTH comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death.

      The COMMANDER stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.

      By METHOD AND DISCIPLINE are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure.

      These five heads should be familiar to every general: he who knows them will be victorious; he who knows them not will fail.

      Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:

      (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army is stronger? (6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and

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