The Art of War
Sun Tzu, -500
A 2,500-year-old manual for conflict, written for generals and read by anyone who has to hold a position, win an argument, or know when to walk away.
Sun Tzu
-544–-496
Nothing reliable is known of Sun Tzu's life; tradition makes him a general in the state of Wu. The oldest surviving copies of the text came from a Han tomb sealed around 140 BC.
Feels like curiosity, war and time.
The most counterintuitive military idea in history: win with the enemy intact, not destroyed.
Sun Tzǔ said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to capture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them. Books by Sun Tzu
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