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Sun Tzu (; traditional Chinese: 孫子; simplified Chinese: 孙子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC). Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a Classical Chinese text on military strategy from the Warring States period, though the earliest parts of the work probably date to at least a century after him.

The Han dynasty historian Sima Qian and other traditional Chinese historians placed him as a minister to King Helü of Wu and dated his lifetime to 544–496 BC. The name Sun Tzu—by which he is more popularly known—is an honorific which means "Master Sun". His birth name was said to be Sun Wu (traditional Chinese: 孫武; simplified Chinese: 孙武) and he is posthumously known by his courtesy name Changqing (Chinese: 長卿). Traditional accounts state that the general's descendant Sun Bin wrote a treatise on military tactics, also titled The Art of War. Since both Sun Wu and Sun Bin were referred to as "Sun Tzu" in classical Chinese texts, some historians thought them identical, prior to the rediscovery of Sun Bin's treatise in 1972.

Sun Tzu writes about Military art and science, Early works to 1800, China, Sunzi (active 6th century B.C), History, and Sunzi (6th cent. B.C). Their best-known work is The Art of War.

On FindMyTBR we track 30 books by Sun Tzu, 29 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including 15+ Political Science. Classics Collection, 50+ Classic collection. Political science, and Art of War. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.