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Sun Tzu was a Chinese General around 500 BC who wrote a short treatise on warfare, called The Art of War. Across the years it has been highly
influential and there are few military strategist now who have not studied it.
The pages below cover a set of related parts of each chapter, giving them a collective name. It is based on the 1910 translation by Lionel Giles and adds
a commentary on it, including notes about business application and the underlying psychology and leadership principles.

Chapter 1: Laying Plans


Parts 1.1­2: Importance
Parts 1.3­12: Five Constant Factors
Parts 1.13­14: Seven Considerations
Parts 1.15­17: Appreciate Advice
Parts 1.18­25: Deception
Part 1.26: Calculations

Chapter 2: Waging War


Part 2.1: Expense
Parts 2.2­7 Brevity
Parts 2.8­15: Foraging
Parts 2.16­18: Rewarding Troops
Parts 2.19­20: Victory not Campaigns

Chapter 3: Attack by Stratagem


Parts 3.1­5: Avoid Battle
Parts 3.6­10: Fighting Strategy
Parts 3.11­15: Bringing Misfortune
Parts 3.16­18: Five Essentials for Victory

Chapter 4. Tactical Dispositions


Parts 4.1­7: Defend or Attack
Parts 4.8­15: Excellence
Parts 4.16­20: Military Method

Chapter 5. Energy
Parts 5.1­2: Large and Small
Parts 5.3­6: Direct and Indirect
Parts 5.7­11: Combination
Parts 5.12­15: Decision
Parts 5.16­18: Apparent Disorder
Parts 5.19­20: Deceit
Parts 5.21­23: Combined Energy

Chapter 6. Weak Points and Strong


Parts 6.1­6: Taking Initiative
Parts 6.7­12: Choosing Moments
Parts 6.13­20: Knowing and Secrecy
Parts 6.21­24: Understanding Them
Parts 6.25­27: Conceal Tactics
Parts 6.28­34: Varying Tactics
Chapter 7. Maneuvering
Parts 7.1­4: From Command to Maneuver
Parts 7.5­10: The Price of Speed
Parts 7.11­14: Ensure Familiarity
Parts 7.15­22: Be Skilled
Parts 7.23­26: Signs and Signals
Parts 7.27­29: Spirit
Parts 7.30­32: Calm
Parts 7.33­37: Caution

Chapter 8. Variation in Tactics


Parts 8.1­2: On the Move
Parts 8.3­11: Advantages
Parts 8.12­14: Five Sins

Chapter 9. The Army on the March


Parts 9.1­2: High Places
Parts 9.3­6: Rivers
Parts 9.7­8: Salt Marshes
Parts 9.9­10: Dry Plains
Parts 9.11­17: Obstacles
Parts 9.18­28: Enemy Tactics
Parts 9.29­31: Thinking
Parts 9.42­45: Control of Soldiers

Chapter 10. Terrain


Parts 10.1­13: Six Kinds of Terrain
Parts 10.14­20: Six Calamities
Parts 10.21­24: Applied Intelligence
Parts 10.25­26: Soldiers as Children
Parts 10.27­31: When to Attack

Chapter 11. The Nine Situations


Parts 11.1­10: Nine Varieties of Ground
Parts 11.11­14: Nine Ground Tactics
Parts 11.15­19: Division, Moves and Speed
Parts 11.20­28: Motivating Soldiers
Parts 11.29­31: Mutual Support and the Shuai­jan Snake
Parts 11.32­34: Leading Everyone
Parts 11.35­37: Secrecy
Parts 11.38­40: No Way Back
Parts 11.41­51: Nine Ground Measures
Parts 11.52­55: Alliances
Parts 11.56­59: Confusing Leadership
Parts 11.60­68: More Tactics

Chapter 12. The Attack by Fire


Parts 12.1­2: Five Ways
Parts 12.3­4: Seasons
Parts 12.5­12: Five Developments
Parts 12.13­14: Using Water
Parts 12.15­16: Encouraging Enterprise
Parts 12.17­22: Waste Not

Chapter 13. The Use of Spies


Parts 13.1­3: War is Expensive
Parts 13.4­6: Foreknowledge
Parts 13.7­13: Five Classes of Spies
Parts 13.14­20: Using Spies
Parts 13.21­25: Using The Five Classes of Spies
Parts 13.26­27: Conclusion

See also
The 36 Stratagems, in Detail, The Six Secret Teachings

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