Product Description

Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is among the oldest surviving books on military strategy. This reprint of Lionel Giles's classic 1910 English translation is typeset entirely in Adobe Fusaka, a font that causes the text to appear to be Chinese at first glance (it is actually quite readable English).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3625199 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 88 pages

About the Author
Lionel Giles was on the staff of the Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts at the British Museum.

Customer Reviews

An excellent presentation for this fine text
The Art of War is a most important book. Very few books have survived through the ages as has the Art of War. The principles taught apply equally well in business as they do to armed as conflict.

What I really like is how this printing returns the book to its roots. While an English translation of the text, the print resembles Chinese characters. Yet it is still fun to read. This would make a great gift for a business warrior.

Applicable on more than just the battlefield
The Art of War, a military treatise written by Sun Tzu around 500 B.C. in ancient China, teaches many good lessons to anyone who will ever have to command a group of people, in the workplace, in school, or on the battlefield. This is the only translation I have read, and it is easy to understand without being boring, so I assume that it is a good translation. A very useful and interesting book.

The classic English text of "The art of war"
This was the first worthwhile translation of The art of war into English, and in many ways it remains the best. Certainly it has been the most influential. Even after a dozen other translations had appeared, Dr Joseph Needham still considered this the "standard" version in English. (Science and civilisation in China v.6, 1996.) In fact this translation is so important that the first edition (1910) has reached twelve thousand dollars in the rare-book market. (Jaydillon com, 2003.) If you're serious about Sun Tzu, then this is the version you want.