The Art of War (孫子兵法)
- Chinese title
- 孫子兵法
- Author
- Sun Tzu
- Translation
- Lionel Giles (1910) — Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes
- Chinese text
- Chinese text as printed in Giles' bilingual edition
- Contents
- 13 chapters, 383 passages
- Status
- Public domain
Contents
| Chapter | Opening words |
|---|---|
| Laying Plans 計篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. |
| Waging War 作戰篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy |
| Attack By Stratagem 謀攻篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and inta |
| Tactical Dispositions 形篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited |
| Energy 埶篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: The control of a large force is the same in principle as the control of a few men: it is merely |
| Weak Points And Strong 虛實篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; w |
| Manœuvring 軍爭篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. |
| Variation Of Tactics 九變篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his army and concentrates |
| The Army On The March 行軍篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. |
| Terrain 地形篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; |
| The Nine Situations 九地篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: The art of war recognises nine varieties of ground: (1) Dispersive ground; (2) facile ground; (3 |
| The Attack By Fire 火攻篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp; |
| The Use Of Spies 用間篇 | Sun Tzŭ said: Raising a host of a hundred thousand men and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on |
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