Episode 02 The Life of Sun Tzu

06/23/19 • 10 min

Sun Tzu lived at a time when states practically had no borders, but nonetheless borders were quickly forming and causing military conflicts. Full-blown competition did not start right away in the Spring and Autumn period. The fighting was done according to propriety and wars pretty much looked like fun sports tournaments. Sun Tzu was one of a few professionals who treated wars seriously.

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"The Art of War" probably isn't the most accurate title to represent Sun Tzu's military thinking.

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Episode 03 The Assessment of War

In Sun Tzu’s opinion, the outcome of a war can be decided before it actually begins. In the first chapter of The Art of War, he listed several crucial questions for state leaders and military commanders to consider before they ride off to their favorite sports tournaments, or wars. In this episode, we’ll try to find out how he constructed the questions for this pre-war assessment.