The Spring and Autumn Annals and Sima Qian's later Records of the Grand Historian ( Shiji) state that Sun Tzu was born in Qi. The oldest available sources disagree as to where Sun Tzu was born. The Yinqueshan Han Slips unearthed in 1972 include Sun Tzu's Art of War, collection of Shandong Museum
It continues to influence many competitive endeavors in the world, including culture, politics, business and sports, as well as modern warfare. During the twentieth century, The Art of War grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society as well. Sun Tzu's work has been praised and employed in East Asian warfare since its composition. Since Sun Wu and Sun Bin were referred to as Sun Tzu in classical Chinese texts, some historians believed them identical, prior to the rediscovery of Sun Bin's treatise in 1972.
Traditional accounts state that the general's descendant Sun Bin wrote a treatise on military tactics, also titled The Art of War. Modern scholars accepting his historicity place the extant text of The Art of War in the later Warring States period based on its style of composition and its descriptions of warfare. The Han dynasty historian Sima Qian and other traditional Chinese historians placed him as a minister to King Helü of Wu and dated his lifetime to 544–496 BC. The name Sun Tzu by which he is more popularly known is an honorific which means "Master Sun". His birth name was Sun Wu ( Chinese: 孫武) and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing ( Chinese: 長卿). Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and East Asian culture as a legendary historical and military figure.
His works focus much more on alternatives to battle, such as stratagem, delay, the use of spies and alternatives to war itself, the making and keeping of alliances, the uses of deceit, and a willingness to submit, at least temporarily, to more powerful foes. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thinking. Sun Tzu ( / s uː n ˈ d z uː, s uː n ˈ s uː/ soon DZOO, soon SOO Chinese: 孫子 pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher who lived in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China. Military general, tactician, writer, philosopher
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