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Sun Bin's Art of War
Overview
Sun Bin's Art of War is a Chinese treatise on military strategy that dates back to the Warring States period, an era of political instability and warfare in ancient China. It is credited to Sun Bin, who was believed to be a descendant of the famous military strategist Sun Tzu. Sun Bin served as a military advisor in the Qi state during this period and is said to have authored this piece on military tactics.
Historical records from the Han dynasty suggest that the original text of Sun Bin's Art of War comprised 89 chapters, accompanied by four volumes of illustrations. Unfortunately, the original work was lost by the end of the Eastern Han dynasty.
While Sun Bin's Art of War and Sun Tzu's The Art of War share a similar name, they are distinct works by different authors.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
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Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man. For WARRE, consisteth not in Battell onely, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to contend by Battell is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of Time, is to be considered in…
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
States what Sun Bin's Art of War is.
The first kind may be further divided into the dance of war and the dance of peace. The former is called the Pyrrhic; in this the movements of attack and defence are imitated in a direct and manly style, which indicates strength and sufficiency of body and mind. The latter of the two, the dance of peace, is suitable to orderly and law-abiding men.
Plato, Laws
States what Sun Bin's Art of War is.
_John Hoskyns_ Vice P. R. S. _July_ 17_th._, 1686. [Illustration: _The Roman Abacus out of Marcus Velserus_ _The Chinese Abacus from the Chinese Dictionary containing nine places or degrees_ 一二三四五六七八九 I 一 yĕ̇ II 二 th́ III 三 san̄ IV 四 sú V 五 v̀ VI 六 lŏ̇ VII 七 ziĕ̇ VIII 八 pă̇ IX 九 kièn X 十 xĕ̇ XI 十 xĕ̇ 一 yĕ̇ X 十 xĕ̇ II 二 lh́ X 十 xĕ̇ III 三 san̄ X 十 xĕ̇ V 五 v̀ XX 廾 lh́xĕ̇ XX 二 lh́ 十 xĕ̇ XXX 卅 san̄xĕ̇ XXX 三 san̄ 十 xĕ̇…
Royal Society, Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3
Close in meaning to Sun Bin's Art of War; the term itself is not named.
Related ideas
Place in the tradition
Part of Hundred Schools of Thought.