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Books by Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu is the name traditionally given to the Chinese military strategist credited with writing The Art of War, believed to have served under King Helü of Wu around 512 BCE. Little is verified about his life; some historians question whether a single author wrote the text or whether it accumulated across generations. The work was first translated into a European language by French missionary Joseph-Marie Amiot in 1772. English translations by Lionel Giles (1910) and, more recently, the Denma Translation Group and others have made it one of the most widely read texts in the world, with influence in military doctrine, corporate strategy, and competitive sport.