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The art of war

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The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (~400 BCE). Translated to English from Chinese by Lionel Giles. Provided by The Internet Classics Archive. English text 10493 words, about 2150 unique, about 1800 lemmata.

Ongoing translation project by Chaered et al., first posted on VL.

Names: Sun Tzu > Heer Suun.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	I Ohto Curu	  	孫子兵法
2	--		--
3	ci. Carë pannar	   	始計第一
4	ti. ?? ohta	   	作戰第二
5	pi. ?? ?? ??	    	謀攻第三
6	qui. ?? ??	   	軍形第四
7	??. ??	  	兵勢第五
8	??. ?? ?? ar ??	     	虛實第六
9	??. ??	  	軍爭第七
10	??. ?? ?? ??	    	九變第八
11	þi. I hotsë vantassë	    	行軍第九
12	fi. ??	  	地形第十
13	??. I nattustar nertë	    	九地第十一
14	hwi. I ?? narwen	    	火攻第十二
15	??. I ?? ?? ??	     	用間第十三

Chapters

• I. Laying Plans
• II. Waging War
• III. Attack by Stratagem
• IV. Tactical Dispositions
• V. Energy
• VI. Weak Points and Strong
• VII. Maneuvering
• VIII. Variation in Tactics
• IX. The Army on the March
• X. Terrain
• XI. The Nine Situations
• XII. The Attack by Fire
• XIII. The Use of Spies

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