I still have not read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Does anyone know of a good translation?
thanks,
adam
I still have not read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Does anyone know of a good translation?
thanks,
adam
"That is because you are stupid"
-Zorro
I like Thomas Cleary's version a lot, but to be honest that's the only one I've read.
Lowsweep.
I use a Copy of a transaltion that got from Project Gutenberg.
Translation by Lionel Giles.
advantage of this version is that it is free and can be downloaded from a variety of servers.
Hope this helps.
P.S.: Ask 10 people about a good translation and you will get 10 different translations and about 40 Opinions.
The Thomas Cleary transalation is very good. It also includes commentary from other military masters from the past.
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I like the one by Samuel B. Griffith printed by the Oxford Univerity Press, but that is also the only one I've read.
Have to be honest but The Thomas Cleary version is considerably superior to most others. I would also strongly reccommend that you read his excellent translation of "Sun Tzu 2, The Lost Art of War" by Sun Tzu's younger successor Sun Bin. It has a rather interesting background to this characters life, and highlights the greater intervention of Taoist thought into his thinking.