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Sunzi, 'shì' and strategy: How to read 'Art of War' the way its author intended

  • Written by Scott D. McDonald, Non-resident Fellow, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; PhD Candidate, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Sunzi, 'shì' and strategy: How to read 'Art of War' the way its author intendedA copy of the 'Art of War' from a collection at the University of California, Riverside. vlasta2/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

In the mid-1990s, I picked up the military classic “Art of War” hoping to find insight into my new career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

I was not the only one looking for insights from the sage Sunzi,...

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