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Sun Tzu ( / suːn ˈdzuː, suːn ˈsuː / soon DZOO, soon SOO; [1] [2] traditional Chinese: 孫子; simplified Chinese: 孙子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC). Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an ...
Sun Quan. Sun Quan ( pronunciation ⓘ; 182 – 21 May 252), [b] [2] courtesy name Zhongmou ( 仲謀 ), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime established by his elder brother, Sun Ce, in 200. He declared formal independence and ruled ...
Sun Jian ( Chinese: 孫堅; pinyin: Sūn Jiān) ( pronunciation ⓘ) (155–191? [ 2] ), courtesy name Wentai, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. [ 3] He allied himself with Yuan Shu in 190 when warlords from eastern China formed a coalition to oust Dong Zhuo, a ...
Zhuang Zhou (/ dʒ u ˈ ɑː ŋ ˈ dʒ oʊ /), [1] commonly known as Zhuangzi (/ ˈ dʒ w ɑː ŋ ˈ d z ʌ /; [2] Chinese: 莊子; literally "Master Zhuang"; also rendered in the Wade–Giles romanization as Chuang Tzu), [a] was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States period, a period of great development in Chinese philosophy, the ...
v. t. e. The Art of War ( Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring and Autumn period (roughly 5th century BC ). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters ...
Liu Bei ( Chinese: 劉備, pronunciation ⓘ; Mandarin pronunciation: [ljǒʊ pêɪ]; 161 – 10 June 223), [3] courtesy name Xuande ( 玄德 ), was a Chinese warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who later became the founding emperor of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. Despite early failings and lacking both the material ...
Cao Cao ( pronunciation ⓘ; [tsʰǎʊ tsʰáʊ]; Chinese: 曹操; c. 155 – 15 March 220), [ 1] courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty ( c. 184–220 ), ultimately taking effective control of the Han central government. He laid the foundation for what was to ...
Sun Ce ( Chinese: 孫策; pinyin: Sūn Cè; Wade–Giles: Sun1 Ts‘ê4) ( pronunciation ⓘ) (175 – 5 May 200), [a] courtesy name Bofu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. [2] He was the eldest child of Sun Jian, who was killed during the Battle of Xiangyang when Sun ...