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SUNZI’S ART OF WARSunzi’s Art
of War
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THE LIFEOF
SUN WU
IT IS SAID THAT AROUND 500 BCE, DURING THE SPRING & AUTUMN PERIOD IN CHINA, THERE LIVED A MAN WITH THE SURNAME SUN AND GIVEN NAME WU. OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIS GREATNESS, THE SUFFIX ZI IS ADDED TO HIS SURNAME, JUST LIKE IN KONGZI (CONFUCIUS), MENGZI (MENCIUS), AND ZHUANGZI. HE IS SAID TO HAVE LIVED IN THE STATE OF QI AND IS CREDITED WITH HAVING WRITTEN THE THIRTEEN CHAPTERS OF SUNZI BINGFA, OR SUNZI’S PRINCIPLES AND TACTICS OF WARFARE.
HE ONCE PRESENTED THIS BOOK TO KING HELÜ OF WU.
I HAVE READ YOUR BOOK, SIR, AND I AM WONDERING IF YOU
COULD USE IT TO TRAINA CONTINGENT
HERE AND NOW.
FANTASTIC! THIS IS
WONDERFUL!
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孫子武者，齊人也。以兵法見於吳王闔廬。闔廬曰：「子之十三篇，吾盡觀之矣，可以小試勒兵乎？」對曰：
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YES.
YES.
YES.
COULD YOU DO IT USING WOMEN?
YES, SIR.
OF COURSE I CAN.
DO YOU ALL KNOW THE POSITIONS OF YOUR HEART,
LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS, AND YOUR BACK?
SO THE KING ORDERED 180 WOMEN FROM HIS HAREM ONTO THE FIELD. SUNZI THEN ORGANIZED THEM INTO TWO UNITS, WITH THE KING’S TWO FAVORITE CONCUBINES AS LEADERS. THEN HE EQUIPPED EACH PERSON WITH THE WEAPON OF THE TIMES, THE DAGGER-AXE.
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「可。」闔廬曰：「可試以婦人乎？」曰：「可。」於是許之，出宮中美女，得百八十人。孫子分為二隊，以王之
寵姬二人各為隊長，皆令持戟。令之曰：「汝知而心與左右手背乎？」婦人曰：「知之。」
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WHEN I SAY, “LEFT,” FACE IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LEFT HAND,AND WHEN I SAY, “RIGHT,” FACE
TOWARD YOUR RIGHT HAND.“REAR” MEANS TURN AROUND
AND FACE THE OTHER WAY.DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
OKAY! IN A MOMENT, I WILL GIVE AN ORDER.
WHEN I SAY, “FORWARD,” YOU FACE IN THE DIRECTION
OF YOUR HEART.
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MY ORDERS AND ACT ACCORDINGLY!
YES, SIR.
READY THE WEAPONS OF PUNISHMENT. WHOEVER DOES NOT FOLLOW ORDERS SHALLBE DISCIPLINED ACCORDING
TO MILITARY LAW.
WE UNDERSTAND.
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孫子曰：「前，則視心；左，視左手；右，視右手；後，即視背。」婦人曰：「諾。」約束既布，乃設鈇鉞，
即三令五申之。
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RIGHT!TEE, HEE, HEE!
TEE, HEE, HEE!
HA, HA, HA!
WHEN A GENERAL IS TRAINING HIS TROOPS, IF THE RULES OF MOVEMENT ARE NOT WELL EXPLAINED OR IF THE TROOPS ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ORDERS, THIS IS THE FAULT OF THE
GENERAL.
LEFT!
DA-DUM
I’LL REPEAT THE RULES OF MOVEMENT FOR YOU. WHEN I SAY,
“FORWARD,” FACE IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR HEART. “LEFT” MEANS FACE
IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LEFT HAND, AND “RIGHT” MEANS FACE
TOWARD YOUR RIGHT HAND. “REAR” MEANS TURN AROUND
AND FACE THE OTHER WAY.
READY … NOW, DON’T MESS
UP AGAIN …
Wu u
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於是鼓之右，婦人大笑。孫子曰：「約束不明，申令不熟，將之罪也。」復三令五申而鼓之左，
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TEE, HEE!HA, HA!
OH NO!
BUT WHEN THE GENERAL HAS CLEARLY EXPLAINED HIS ORDERS
AND THE SOLDIERS STILLDO NOT ACT ACCORDINGLY,
THIS IS THE FAULTOF THE SOLDIERS.
AH! SPARE ME!
SUNZI, I SEE THAT YOU CAN INDEED CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS, BUT
IF I LOSE MY TWO MOST BELOVEDCONCUBINES, I’LL LOSE INTEREST
IN LIFE ITSELF.
DISOBEYING ORDERS BRINGS THEPUNISHMENT OF BEHEADING, AND
SINCE I CAN’T HAVE ALL OF MYSOLDIERS KILLED, THE UNIT
LEADERS MUST RECEIVETHE PUNISHMENT.
IF THE RULES OF MOVEMENTARE NOT WELL EXPLAINED
OR IF THE TROOPS ARE NOTFAMILIAR WITH THEORDERS, IT IS THE
FAULT OF THEGENERAL.
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婦人復大笑。孫子曰：「約束不明，申令不熟，將之罪也；既已明而不如法者，吏士之罪也。」乃欲斬左右隊長。
吳王從臺上觀，見且斬愛姬，大駭。趣使使下令曰：「寡人已知將軍能用兵矣。寡人非此二姬，食不甘味，
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PLEASE RELEASE THEM, GENERAL,
AND SPARETHEM THE
BEHEADING.
BEHEAD THESE TWO AS AN
EXAMPLE TO THE OTHERS!
WHA …
AHH! AHH!
I HAVE RECEIVED ORDERSTO ACT AS GENERAL,
AND WHEN A GENERALIS DIRECTING HIS
TROOPS HE MAYREJECT FURTHER
ORDERS FROM HISSOVEREIGN.
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願勿斬也。」孫子曰：「臣既已受命為將，將在軍，君命有所不受。」遂斬隊長二人以徇。
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ONE,TWO. ONE,TWO. ONE,TWO.FORWARD MARCH.
HA, HA, HA!
THE COMPANY HAS COMPLETEDITS EXERCISES IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. THE KING MAY DESCEND AND INSPECT HIS TROOPS.
DISMISS THE TROOPS AND RETURN TO YOUR QUARTERS TO REST! I’M NOT IN THE MOOD TO GO DOWN AND WATCH.
THESE SOLDIERS WILL NOW OBEYANY ORDER THE KING MAY GIVE,EVEN IF IT IS TO CROSS THROUGH
BOILING WATER OR WALKON FIRE.
SUNZI ORDERED TWO OTHER WOMEN TO BE UNIT LEADERS, AND THIS TIME, WHEN THE DRUM WAS STRUCK AND THE ORDERS WERE GIVEN, THEY OBEYED THE ORDERS COMPLETELY, AND NO ONE DARED LET OUT ANOTHER“TEE HEE” OR “HA HA.”
READY … NOW, DON’T MESS
UP AGAIN …
DA-
DUM
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用其次為隊長，於是復鼓之。婦人左右前後跪起皆中規矩繩墨，無敢出聲。於是孫子使使報王曰：「兵既整齊，
王可試下觀之，唯王所欲用之，雖赴水火猶可也。」吳王曰：「將軍罷休就舍，寡人不願下觀。」
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THE KING LIKES MILITARYTHEORY, BUT NOT THEAPPLICATION OF IT …
SO THE REPUTATION OF WU SPREAD THROUGH ALL THE STATES OF THE SPRING & AUTUMN PERIOD, AND THEMAN BEHIND THE SCENE WAS NONE OTHER THAN SUNZI!
ALTHOUGH KING HELÜ WASN’T HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HAD JUST OCCURRED, HE UNDERSTOOD
THAT SUNZI REALLY KNEW HOW TO ORGANIZE AN ARMY, AND
LATER HE ENDED UP EMPLOYING SUNZI AS HIS GENERAL.
THEREAFTER, HE TOOK HIS TINY COUNTRY OF WU AND THRUST
WESTWARD INTO CHU, TAKING YING, THE CAPITAL; THEN HE
WENT NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
STRUCK FEAR INTO THE STATES OF QI AND JIN.
THE ART
OF WAR
IMMOVABLELIKE A
MOUNTAIN
ATTACKLIKEFIRE
STILLLIKE AFOREST
FLEETLIKETHE
WIND SUNZI’SARMY
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孫子曰：「王徒好其言，不能用其實。」於是闔廬知孫子能用兵，卒以為將。西破彊楚，入郢，北威齊晉，
顯名諸侯，孫子與有力焉。
【史記·孫子吳起列傳】
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