The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

400(?) BCE

Front matter

SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR
THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

Translated from the Chinese with Introduction
and Critical Notes

by Lionel Giles, M.A.
Assistant in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS.
in the British Museum

First Published in 1910

To my brother

Captain Valentine Giles, R.G.
in the hope a work 2400 years old
may yet contain lessons worth consideration
by the soldier of today
this translation
is affectionately dedicated.