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Sun Tzu

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6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist

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Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general and strategist who lived around the 6th century BCE and is famous for developing influential theories about warfare and strategy. His ideas, which emphasize understanding your opponent, adapting to circumstances, and achieving victory through intelligence rather than brute force, remain studied and applied today in military, business, and competitive contexts.

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Born
6th cent. B.C.
Works
313

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Origin
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Active from
1999
Active to
2013
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The legend goes that Sun Tzu was born into minor nobility in what is now Shandong, a part of China north of Shanghai that became famous for Confucius and the really tasty Shandong Chicken. Born "Sun Wu", he was given a good education and like Machiavelli, he wrote a military treatise in order to get noticed and hired by royalty. Unlike Machiavelli, it worked. Sun Wu expanded his 13 chapter Art of War into 82 chapters and trained the army. Eventually he broke the peace by invading the southern state of Yue. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sun+Tzu">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • 兵者,詭道也。故能而示之不能,用而示之不用,近而示之遠,遠而示之近,
  • 實而備之,強而避之,怒而撓之,卑而驕之,佚而勞之,親而離之,出其不意,攻其不備。
  • 夫未戰而廟算勝者,得算多也;未戰而廟算不勝者,得算少也。
  • 將聽吾計,用之必勝,留之;將不聽吾計,用之必敗,去之;
  • 知彼知己,百戰不殆;不知彼而知己,一勝一負;不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆
  • 故用兵之法,十則圍之,五則攻之,倍則分之, 敵則能戰之,少則能守之,不若則能避之。

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date of death
0470-00-00
Commons category
Sun Tzu
date of birth
0544-00-00
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birth name
孫武
name in native language
孫子
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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Sun Tzu, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Sun Wu Traditional Chinese孫武 Simplified Chinese孙武

Wade–GilesSun Wu Hanyu PinyinSūn Wǔ

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