Sun Tzu

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6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist

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Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general and strategist who lived around the 6th century BCE and is famous for developing influential theories about warfare and strategy. His ideas, which emphasize understanding your opponent, adapting to circumstances, and achieving victory through intelligence rather than brute force, remain studied and applied today in military, business, and competitive contexts.

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Instance of: human
Family name: Sun
Gender: male
Citizenship: Wu
Place of birth: Qi
Occupation: military personnel
Languages spoken: Chinese
Notable work: The Art of War
Field of work: military strategy
Conflict: Spring and Autumn period
Military rank: military leader
Image: Enchoen27n3200.jpg

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date of death: 0470-00-00
Commons category: Sun Tzu
date of birth: 0544-00-00
Commons Creator page: Sun Tzu
topic's main category: Category:Sun Tzu
different from: Sun Tzu
allegiance: Wu
described by source: Records of the Grand Historian
birth name: 孫武
relative: Sun Jian
commander of (DEPRECATED): Wu
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in native language: 孫子

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Sun Tzu, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Sonshi kokujikai

Sonshi kokujikai

Hadakozás regulái

Hadakozás regulái

A hadviselés törvényei

A hadviselés törvényei

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Encyclopedic overview

Sun Wu Traditional Chinese孫武 Simplified Chinese孙武

Wade–GilesSun Wu Hanyu PinyinSūn Wǔ

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