Influencing soldiers and CEOs

Sun Tzu: The Art of War is the earliest and most valuable Chinese treatise on military science, dating from the late Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). The book is a condensation of the experience of warfare in that era, with the emphasis on precautionary and intelligence strategies.

Because it reveals the nature and important rules of warfare, the book has had a tremendous influence on military, political and philosophical thought in China. Down the ages, it has been called a "military classic", and its author has been called a "military genius".

This work, now more than 2,000 years old, has been translated into various languages since the 17th century and even today, has a profound influence all over the world.

The influence of Sun Tzu's text has grown tremendously in the West in recent years, with military leaders, politicians and corporate executives alike finding valuable insight in these ancient words.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/20/2007 page19)