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Sun Tzu was a Chinese general who lived around the 5th century BC. The collection of essays on the art of war attributed to Sun Tzu is the oldest known treatise on the subject. Despite its age, Sun Tzu's advice is still valid.
The Art of War is the best strategy book of all time. He inspired Napoleon, Machiavelli, Mao Tse Tung and many more historical figures. This two thousand five hundred year old book is one of the most important classical Chinese texts, in which, despite the time that has passed, none of its maxims have become outdated, nor is there a single piece of advice that is not useful today. But the work of General Sun Tzu is not only a book of military practice, but a treatise that teaches the supreme strategy of wisely applying the knowledge of human nature in moments of confrontation. It is not, therefore, a book about war; It is a work to understand the roots of a conflict and seek a solution. “The best victory is to win without fighting,” Sun Tzu tells us, “and that is the distinction between the prudent man and the ignorant man.”
Sun Tzu's work first reached Europe in the period before the French Revolution, in the form of a brief translation by the Jesuit priest JJM Amiot. In the various translations that have been made since then, the author is occasionally named as Sun Wu or Sun Tzi.
The core of Sun Tzu's philosophy on war rests on these two principles:
The entire Art of War is based on deception. The supreme Art of War is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu's ideas spread throughout the rest of Asia until they reached Japan. The Japanese quickly adopted these teachings and possibly added some of their own. There is evidence that the main Japanese book on the subject, "The Book of the Five Rings", is influenced by the philosophy of Sun Tzu, since its author, Miyamoto Mushashi, studied the treatise of "The Art of War" during his training as a Samurai.
Eastern cultures are usually referred to as cultures of strategy and the influence of Sun Tzu on this cultural development is not small. Today, the philosophy of the art of war has gone beyond strictly military limits, applying itself to business, sports, diplomacy and even personal behavior. For example, many key phrases in modern business management manuals are practically literal quotes from the work of Sun Tzu (changing, for example, army for company, or weapons for resources, without going any further). The ideas remain completely valid despite the 25 centuries that have passed since they were written.
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