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      Table of Contents

       ORIGINAL TEXT

       I. LAYING PLANS

       II. WAGING WAR

       III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM

       IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS

       V. ENERGY

       VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG

       VII. MANEUVERING

       VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICS

       IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH

       X. TERRAIN

       XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS

       XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE

       XIII. THE USE OF SPIES

       COMMENTED TEXT

       INTRODUCTION

       I. LAYING PLANS

       II. WAGING WAR

       III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM

       IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS

       V. ENERGY

       VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG

       VII. MANEUVERING

       VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICS

       IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH

       X. TERRAIN

       XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS

       XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE

       XIII. THE USE OF SPIES

      SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR

      THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

      Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes BY

      LIONEL GILES, M.A.

      Assistant in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS. in the British Museum First Published in 1910

      —————————————————————————— To my brother

       Captain Valentine Giles, R.G.

       in the hope that

       a work 2400 years old

       may yet contain lessons worth consideration

       by the soldier of today

       this translation

       is affectionately dedicated.