Energy, the most important and most famous military treatise in asia for the last two thousand years When lionel giles began his translation of sun tzu’s art of war, the work was virtually unknown in europe Its introduction to europe began in 1782 when a french jesuit father living in china, joseph amiot, acquired a copy of it, and translated it into french. The art of war is an ancient chinese military treatise dating from the late spring and autumn period (roughly 5th century bc) The work, which is attributed to the ancient chinese military strategist sun tzu (master sun), is composed of 13 chapters. Sun tzu wu was a native of the ch`i state
The book of army management says On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough Hence the institution of gongs and drums Nor can ordinary objects be seen clearly enough Hence the institution of banners and flags. Energy from sun tzu's treatise the art of war
