1. they always have to twist it. he definitely existed cause hes a complete boss.
2. My friend thinks it has to do with the language. Its so complicated that you must put massive effort into learning it, and thus you brain is very apt.
3. Kind of like the Holy Romane Empire?
4. Zhou dynasty controlled china from 1046 to 256 BC. The time when Sun Tzu lived is in the Chun Qiu period. The central government has weak power to control all the kingdoms in his territory. These kingdoms fight each other to gain land. However, they should shows loyalty to central government, otherwise it may be attacked by other kingdoms. This period last about 300 years. And then China goes into warring states period. Qin kingdom become the winner and take over the Zhou dynasty.
5. Holy shit, why are asians so smart?
6. Thank you for posting these.
7. so i just watched this hole thing in one go and now they tell me he might not even existed?
8. Sun Tzu is literally a passive very aggressive philosopher
9. I bet Sun Tzu had enough of war and opted for the quiet life.
10. China stretagy HAD worked, since 50s. Survived between superpower US & Russia. Entered UN. Stay in peace with Taiwan. Struggled out from 90s bad political environment. Survive and bundle with US econemy. US wants a war with China? Of course no. Now the millitary rises.
11. China stretagy HAD worked, since 50s. Survived between superpower US & Russia. Entered UN. Stay in peace with Taiwan. Struggled out from 90s bad political environment. Survive and bundle with US econemy. US wants a war with China? Of course no. Now the millitary rises.
12. Often a Sun-Tzu-style indirect, manouverist approach works; sometimes that is impossible and the only way to win is by attrition or by gradually building up dominance in materiel and personnel - compare Montgomery's successes in Africa with his failures in Operation Market Garden (which was a Sun-Tzu-style attempt to rapidly bypass strong German forces with a surprise combined arms invasion of Holland).
13. There is no anti-example. It is simply as that. It is just like:there is no anti-example for 1+1=2.
14. Why don't they provide ANY examples that contradict Sun Tzu. Unbalanced programming. Grrr.
15. The Latin origin of the word "Culture" comes from the word "Cultivate". Only settlers (as distinct from Nomads) could "cultivate" crops, build "cities" and eventually build "civilisation". But from the Eastern (Asian) point of view, the word "Culture" or "문화" means "Art of Writing", and "Civilisation" or "문명" means "The Writing Age". It is clear that Eastern civilisations placed heavy emphasis on "Writings" as the measure of the level of civilisation. Because savages could not "write".
16. OK. I understand that my past statement was somewhat harsh. Of course the Europeans had culture and civilisation too. If we look at the definition of "culture" from the Western point of view, any civilisation capable of "cultivating" crops would be regarded as "cultured" people, whereas in the Eastern Oriental tradition, only those capable of "writing" and producing "books" were regarded as "cultured civilisation". That is why I said Europe (apart from Greece and Rome) were uncultured savages.
17. I think you should inform yourself better or you risk sounding like a propagandist. Firstly, Europe by 500 BC was not ruled by Greeks and Romans -- by then, the Roman Republic was comparatively tiny, while Greeks were almost always around the Aegean Sea. "Uncultured barbarian savages" is a prejudicial concept that assumes that a culture has to produce books to be worthy. Gazillions of peoples have transmitted their history across oral traditions, music, and images.
18. guerrlla warfare as it was first recorded in europe is in spain conducted by the celto- iberians(modern day north east spanish and portugese-galicians) and the non indo european populations( ie the ppl the make up the rest of spain.) and all their skirmishing equipment and tactics were incorprated into the roman military. the superior celtic steel Gladius, the gaulic helmets, the pugio dagger.
19. theres a misconception the celts and the germanics and the balto slavics, as well as teh dacio thracians were very developed cultures and civilization celts were primarily merchants trading from souther euro to north. the celts and pre-celts had intricate solar and lunar calenders and ancient monoliths. the greeks and romans were merely the victors who wrote the propaganda not the harbingers of civilization.
20. HEY who like to see Sun Tzu in the epic rap Battle of history?
21. Art of War.. I know understand why whites put up a social barrier in the past. They know their genes are recessive to blacks. They fear this could eventually become a black world. It's no wonder why we were separated.
22. thats just one example of what u can expect from internet trolls, "unitedkorean" that name says it all. also "china did not exist as a whole" is totally irrelevant and false, the collapse of zhou dynasty(during which china was unified) lead to the spring and autumn period
23. I'm sorry but your guidelines for "civilization" are a bit off. Australian Aboriginals, the worlds oldest continuing culture, had a deep culture yet were considered "uncultured" because people misunderstood their culture. Culture does not rely on 1 single point to be relevant. Writing a book is not the only way a people could be considered "cultured".
24. @MagicMatchsticks007 You expect me to know the iliad, but not know who wrote it? The comment we talk about is flawed, as the first part is true, but the sentence"In that regard, Sun thu's book was the best of the best in the east or west" He's disregarding a whole culture to make his point. Even the Egypts, so it's a very situational comment and therefore rubbish.
25. Europe wasn't uncultured and barbaric, incapable of writing? The Iliad was written 850 BC, your blabbering sounds like propaganda.

The Art of War PART 9 FINAL

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The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time, and one of the basic texts on the subject. The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy in the world. It has had a huge influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu recognized the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.
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