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Why they are here
The general and strategist to whom tradition credits The Art of War, still studied by military officers, business leaders and politicians around the world.
Sun Tzu is traditionally said to have been a general serving the state of Wu; scholars debate how much of that account is historical and how the text reached its final form. The Art of War treats war as a matter of planning, deception and knowing both oneself and the enemy, and prizes winning without fighting.
The book was a standard military text in China and Japan for centuries and has been read in translation in the West since the eighteenth century.
The book was a standard military text in China and Japan for centuries and has been read in translation in the West since the eighteenth century.
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