Sun Bin's Art of War Sun Bin's Art of War Sun Bin's Art of War is an ancient Chinese classic work on military strategy written by Sun Bin, an alleged descendant of Sun Tzu who served as a military strategist in the Qi state during the Warring States period. According to historical records from the Han Dynasty, "Sun Bin's Art of War" contained an extensive 89 chapters, with four volumes of pictures attached, but was lost by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As a consequence, "Sun Bin's Art of War" is sometimes conflated with Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". In April 1972,
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