Sun Tzu (l. c. 500 BCE) was a Chinese military strategist and general best known as the author of the work The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy (also known as The Thirteen Chapters). He was associated (formally or as an inspiration) with The School of the Military, one of the philosophical systems of the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Spring and Autumn Period (c. 772-476 BCE), which advocated military preparedness in maintaining peace and social order.
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512 BCE - 506 BCEThe Wu Chu wars in China between the States of Wu and Chu.
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506 BCEThe Battle of Boju at which the Wu forces under Sun-Tzu defeated the Chu.
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c. 500 BCEProbable life of Sun-Tzu, Military Strategist, author of The Art of War.
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c. 481 BCE - 221 BCEThe Warring States Period in China, suggested time-period for composition of The Art of War.
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202 BCEThe Battle of Gaixia.
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202 BCE - 220 CEThe Han Dynasty in China.
