Author : Sun Tzu

Publication date : 5th century BC

Genres : Treatise, Non-fiction

Language : Classical Chinese

Subject : Military art

Translation : The Art of War at Wikisource

Source : The Art of War by Sun Tzu

    ‘The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road to safety or to ruin. Hence, under no circumstances can it be neglected’ – the following is the beginning of Sun Tzu’s extraordinary book, Art of War, a book in thirteen chapters, written some two-and-half thousand years ago in China.

   We don’t know much about the man who wrote; just this – Sun Tzu’s, personal name Wu, Art of War, brought him to the notice of Ho Lu, King of Wu. The principles of the Art of War were tested on women, and when King noticed that Sun Tzu knew how to handle an army best; the King appointed....