Composition of The Art of War
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: China
- Date: c. 5th-3d century
Article abstract: Sunzi’s writing of The Art of War established the foundation of Chinese and East Asian military thought.
Summary of Event
Sunzi Bingfa (The Art of War, 1910) is a Chinese treatise, divided into thirteen pian, that provides detailed advice on the conduct of war. Written in terse classical Chinese, its thirteen basic divisions were sometimes grouped into three zhuan and accompanied by numerous and widely varied commentaries written over the succeeding two millennia.
The writing of The Art of War...
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