THE ART OF WAR (Chinese: å«å兵法; pinyin: SÅ«nzÄ bÄ«ngfÇŽ) is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and kindred to the Realpolitik of his time, termed in China as Legalism. The text is composed of 13 chapters,