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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu
A statue of Sun Tzu
Statue of Sun Tzu in Yurihama, Tottori, in Japan
Born 544 BC (traditional)
Qi state
Died 496 BC (traditional)
Occupation Military general and tactician
Ethnicity Chinese
Period Spring and Autumn
Subject Military strategy
Notable works The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Sunzi (Chinese characters).svg
"Sunzi" in ancient seal script (top), regular Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese 孫子
Simplified Chinese 孙子
Literal meaning "Master Sun"
Sun Wu
Traditional Chinese 孫武
Simplified Chinese 孙武
Changqing
Traditional Chinese 長卿
Simplified Chinese 长卿

Sun Tzu (/ˈsnˈdz/; also rendered as Sun Zi) was a Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a widely influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and Eastern philosophy. Aside from his legacy as the author of The Art of War, Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and the Culture of Asia as a legendary historical figure. His birth name was Sun Wu, and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing. The name Sun Tzu by which he is best known in the West is an honorific which means "Master Sun."

Sun Tzu's historicity is uncertain. Sima Qian and other traditional historians placed him as a minister to King Helü of Wu and dated his lifetime to 544–496 BC. Modern scholars accepting his historicity nonetheless place the existing text of The Art of War in the later Warring States period based upon its style of composition and its descriptions of warfare. Traditional accounts state that the general's descendant Sun Bin also wrote a treatise on military tactics, also titled The Art of War. Since both Sun Wu and Sun Bin were referred to as Sun Tzu in classical Chinese texts, some historians believed them identical prior to the rediscovery of Sun Bin's treatise in 1972.


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