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
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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.

contents.
TAKE IT U P of The Art of War,by Sun Tzu
INTRODUCTION
a table of dates
The Text of Sun Tzu
The Commentators
Appreciations of Sun Tzu
Apologies for War
Bibliography
Footnotes
I. LAYING PLANS
II. WAGING WAR
III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM
IV. ACTICAL 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
END OF THE ART OF WAR