Anonymous ID: fb54e0 SUN TSU – The Art of War and other such texts Aug. 2, 2018, 5:59 p.m. No.2420940   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1042

NOTE: Beware of PDFs as they can harbour nasties – anti-virus/spy/malware scan them!

 

Just in case anyone’s interested.

 

When looking for any version of the Art of War make sure to find one with commentaries otherwise you’ll most probably have to sit and meditate upon the meaning of anything you don’t understand for a few days, or weeks! The first book I bought had no commentaries and yes you were simply instructed to meditate upon the meaning until you understood. I went and bought another one with commentaries after that. Commentaries are vital to understanding but the no commentaries versions are good for a quick overview or refresher of the topics.

 

Look around as some versions have additional, more contemporary explanations of the commentaries to aid understanding.

 

Most freely available ones are translated by Dr. Lionel Giles in 1910. There are other translations such as by Samuel B. Griffiths (1963) and Thomas Cleary (1989).

https://web.mit.edu/~dcltdw/AOW/toc.html

 

This page will help in determining the best translation for you

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-English-translation-of-The-Art-of-War-by-Sunzi

 

This fellows personal opinion -

Thomas Cleary is the best translator of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu (book) PERIOD!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFCGxD1yRc

On the other hand in the quora page above is written ‘Some, such as Thomas Cleary — attempt to explain the text in a wider scope of “Eastern Philosophy”, though his version is not personally preferred by me, as I feel he casts his net too wide to allow truly deep study of the text.’

 

Actually, I found the Thomas Cleary translation in a box of books (freestuff) outside of what you might call a thrift store but haven’t read it yet so can’t offer a personal opinion on it. I’ve found such boxes always good for a look through as many women throw out books with topics which don’t generally resonate with the feminine mind.

Interestingly it has a page with a list of his translated books one of which is another 1989 translation titled Mastering the Art of War by Zhuge Liang & Liu Ji which are additional commentaries on the Art of War. Remember, commentaries are vital to understanding Sun Tsu.

 

The Art of War

Without Commentaries

Simple text page https://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

https://www.idph.com.br/conteudos/ebooks/the-art-of-war.pdf

https://thevirtuallibrary.org/index.php/en/books/social-sciences/book/military-science-201/the-art-of-war-404

https://sites.ualberta.ca/~enoch/Readings/The_Art_Of_War.pdf

https://suntzusaid.com/download.php

https://www.sonshi.com/sun-tzu-art-of-war-translation-not-giles.html

 

With Commentaries

The Art of War by Dr. Lionel Giles, Puppet Press

https://www.puppetpress.com/classics/ArtofWarbySunTzu.pdf

Original book in virtual format V1.1

https://yeshuado-academy.com/resources/The%20Art%20of%20War%20%28Sun%20Tzu%29.pdf

A good clean version

https://www.idph.com.br/conteudos/ebooks/suntzu10.pdf

 

Mastering the Art of War by Zhuge Liang & Liu Ji

https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/4ony30/mastering_the_art_of_war_commentaries_by_zhuge/

(You’ll have to copy/paste and make your own document)

 

There’s also the Chinese Thirty-Six Strategies or Thirty-Six Stratagems and the Japanese Book of Five Rings.

 

The Chinese Thirty-Six Strategies

https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1492/93/1492930287866.pdf

https://steve8988.homestead.com/files/36strategies.pdf

https://www.tangledwilderness.org/pdfs/36strategies-web.pdf

 

Miyamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings

https://www.urbancombatives.com/uploads/MiyamotoMusashi-BookofFiveRings.pdf

 

I’m not going to lead you by the nose to every possible version/translation available. If you’re interested enough you’ll look for yourself.

 

Find the translation/format/font you like. Me, I prefer a physical book to carry about and read. The smaller texts like the ones immediately above can be easily printed out and stapled/clipped for bedtime perusal.)

 

"Those angry will be happy again and those wrathful will be cheerful again, but a destroyed nation cannot exist again, the dead cannot be brought back to life." Sun Tzu

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As for the concubines… they thought it was a game.

 

(This is Not a Game – Learn to Play the Game.)