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Title: The Art of War
Author: Sun Tzu
Translator: Lionel Giles
Release Date: May 1994 [eBook #132] [Most recently updated December 3, 2007]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes
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.
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