The Art of War

SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR

THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

Translated from the Chinese
By LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)

[This is the basic text of Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War. It was extracted from Mr. Giles’ complete work as titled above. The commentary itself, which, of course includes this work embedded within it, has been released as Project Gutenberg’s eBook #132.]


Contents

CHAPTER I. LAYING PLANS
CHAPTER II. WAGING WAR
CHAPTER III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM
CHAPTER IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS
CHAPTER V. ENERGY
CHAPTER VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG
CHAPTER VII. MANŒUVERING
CHAPTER VIII. VARIATION OF TACTICS
CHAPTER IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH
CHAPTER X. TERRAIN
CHAPTER XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS
CHAPTER XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE
CHAPTER XIII. THE USE OF SPIES