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The 17 pages that link to Sun Tzu, each with the reason it gives.

• Warring States periodRelated: The strategic problems of interstate warfare form the setting for the text’s enduring advice.

• Spring and Autumn periodRelated: The text associated with him reflects strategic thinking amid interstate conflict.

• Military strategyRelated: His emphasis on deception and shaping conditions offers a distinct strategic tradition.

• Military historyRelated: The treatise offers a distinct framework for understanding strategy and military thought.

• Psychological warfareRelated: His emphasis on deception and victory without battle anticipates psychological strategy.

• EspionageRelated: His account of spies made intelligence collection a formal part of strategic thought.

• Information warfareRelated: His emphasis on deception is an enduring precursor to information-based strategy.

• Eastern ZhouRelated: His strategic thought reflects the importance of statecraft and warfare in the Eastern Zhou world.

• Political warfareRelated: His emphasis on winning through strategy and undermining opposition echoes later political-warfare principles.

• Takeda ShingenRelated: The strategic language linked to Shingen drew on ideas attributed to Sun Tzu.

• Liu BochengRelated: Liu drew on classical Chinese military thought in his approach to command and officer education.

• Ancient warfareRelated: His treatise presents strategy as the management of knowledge, deception, and advantage.

• Military scienceRelated: His work remains a foundational statement of strategic thought.

• StrategyRelated: His work treats deception, positioning, and victory without battle as strategic concerns.

• Wu ZixuRelated: Tradition places Sun Tzu in Helü’s service alongside Wu Zixu.