About the author
Sun Bin is a renowned military strategist in ancient China. Publicly available information about the details of his life is limited, and neither his dates of birth and death nor his nationality are clearly recorded. Three of his works are collected here, including Guan Yi, Chen Ji Wen Lei, and Sun Bin's Art of War from the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries. These texts are mostly related to military strategy and military thought, yet they are commonly classified under social fiction and Eastern philosophy, which shows that in later transmission his writings combined intellectual depth with narrative qualities. Sun Bin's writing is concise and practical, making good use of questions and answers and case examples to expound the art of war, emphasizing assessing the situation and defeating the enemy by adapting to circumstances. His ideas have influenced later military theory and philosophical thinking. Owing to limited historical sources, his life cannot be described in detail, and readers should appreciate his intellectual concerns through the surviving chapters.
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Rating 4.1★ Officials, Part One 孙膑 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 The title of this chapter comes from the line “Establishing offices requires suitability to one’s person” at its beginning, hence “Offices” is used as… Rating 4.0★ Chen Ji Asks About Fortifications 孙膑 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Tian Ji asked Sunzi, “Our troops are few and cannot see one another; what should be done in such a situation?” He replied, “Pass the order to hurry th… Rating 3.9★ The Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: Sun Bin's Art of War 孙膑 · 2017 This book enriches and develops the military thought of Sun Wu and other early military thinkers in both breadth and depth. It contains many incisive …Publishers
Bashu Publishing House