Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Transcriber’s Note

This is a complete unabridged transcription of Lionel Gile’s translation of The Art of War. See additional notes [at the end of the book].

孫子兵法

SUN TZŬ
ON THE
ART OF WAR

THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

Translated from the Chinese with introduction and critical notes

by

LIONEL GILES, M.A.

Assistant in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS. in the British Museum

LONDON
LUZAC & C^o.
1910

printed by e. j. bbill, Leyden (Holland).

To my brother
Captain Valentine Giles, R.G.
in the hope that
a work 2400 years old
may yet contain lessons worth consideration
by the soldier of to-day
this translation
is affectionately dedicated