Sun Tzu


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Sun Tzu

 (so͝on′ so͞o′, so͞on′ tsŭ′) or Sun Zi (so͞on′ tsŭ′) fl. 4th cent. bc.
Chinese author credited with writing the influential treatise The Art of War.
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Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
I used to think President Duterte was a student of Sun Tzu playing mind games with superpowers in shunning our Western allies and adulating Xi Jinping.
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In Chapter 5 of The Art of War, Sun Tzu states, "In all fighting the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory."
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Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said about two thousand years ago 'It is never beneficial to a Nation to have a military operation continue for a long time.' It is true that war brings destruction, devastation and unbearable economic losses to nations.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is a book that is often useful in tense times.
'DISINFORMATION' (Russian deziinformatzia) is a concept that finds mention in Sun Tzu's Ping Fa (Principles of War).
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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise authored in 5th century BC by military strategist Sun Tzu. Through the ages, the book has inspired generals and leaders across the globe shaping their minds and policy stratagems as they went about ruling, fighting and conquering opponents.
Finally, in the words of Sun Tzu in the Art of War, 'When you surround an enemy, leave an outlet free.' According to Sun Tzu, it is important to dupe the enemy into believe that there is a road to safety.
There are the oldest Egyptian Books of the Dead written on papyrus scrolls and Sun Tzu's the Art of War written on bamboo slips, the sumptuous monastic illuminations of the Book of Kells written on vellum and the first book to use photography, Photographs of British Algae (1843).