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'''''The Art of War''''' is a classic [[Chinese]] treatise on [[military]] strategy written by the Chinese general [[Sun Tzu]]. Sun Tzu's strategies and tactics utilize the "Eastern tradition of strategy that emphasizes outwitting an opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of effort."<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Military-Classics-Ancient-including/dp/0813312280 The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War - Amazon]</ref><ref>[http://www.wzaponline.com/SunTzuClausewitz.pdf Sun Tzu Compared to Clausewitz] by Walter S. Zapotoczny</ref> | '''''The Art of War''''' is a classic [[Chinese]] treatise on [[military]] strategy written by the Chinese general [[Sun Tzu]]. Sun Tzu's strategies and tactics utilize the "Eastern tradition of strategy that emphasizes outwitting an opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of effort."<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Military-Classics-Ancient-including/dp/0813312280 The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War - Amazon]</ref><ref>[http://www.wzaponline.com/SunTzuClausewitz.pdf Sun Tzu Compared to Clausewitz] by Walter S. Zapotoczny</ref> | ||
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| + | {{Cquote|From whence come [[war]]s and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that [[war]] in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye [[kill]], and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and [[war]], yet ye have not, because ye ask not.|||James 4:1-2}} | ||
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| "Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." - Sun Tzu | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫子 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙子 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Master Sun | ||||||||
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The Art of War is a classic Chinese treatise on military strategy written by the Chinese general Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu's strategies and tactics utilize the "Eastern tradition of strategy that emphasizes outwitting an opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of effort."[1][2]
Quotes about War
| “ | From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. | ” |
—James 4:1-2 | ||