Sun Tzu Teachings

孙子

8 card teachings from the Military Strategy tradition

Sunzi is the traditional figure associated with the ancient Chinese military text known as the Art of War (孙子兵法). Later biographical traditions, especially Sima Qian's Shiji, identify him with Sun Wu and connect him with the state of Wu; the historical details and the relationship between the person and the received thirteen-chapter text remain uncertain. Later readers have applied the text beyond warfare, but those uses belong to reception history.

How to read this collection: These entries are selected Sunzi card titles and short renderings, not verbatim quotations. Source cards identify the passage, translation context, and later interpretive note where available.

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Attack Where They Are Not

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The art of emptiness and fullness

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Know Yourself and Your Adversary

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The foundation of all strategy

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