The Global Impact of Sun Tzu's Military Principles
By staff reporter ZHOu LlN
A CCORDING to reader's ratings on Goodreads and Amazon, combined with the number of books collected in global library systems, five books with a China theme were selected as most popular among foreign readers in 2018. They are Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order,Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.
The Art of War, together with Tao Te Ching, was introduced to European countries early in 1772. As of 2018, the book has been translated into more than 30 languages including English,French, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian, with 459 versions in total,among which 138 are English versions.
The Art of War is an ancient military text attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist, and philosopher in China around 500 BC. His book about military tactics and strategy was the most widelycirculated military book of the Warring States period 2,500 years ago.
美国心理学家Ellis（1977）[1]指出，个体对自己、他人和周围环境及事物的绝对化要求和歪曲的看法即为不合理信念，其受外部环境的影响形成，是个体产生负性情绪和行为的根源性因素。Beck（1976）[2]认为不合理信念是用片面的、不合理的方式去解释自身遇到的事情，并强调其认知活动、结果的片面性、歪曲性和消极性。综上所述，不合理信念是一种个体对周围事物的歪曲认知，这种认知模式不仅会引发负性情绪和行为的产生，还会造成该个体在感知上的失真。
The book has roughly 6,000 words, and is divided into 13 chapters, namely Laying Plans, Waging War, Attack by Stratagem, Tactical Dispositions, Energy, Weak Points and Strong, Maneuvering, Variation in Tactics, the Army on the March, Terrain, the Nine Situations, the Attack by Fire, and the Use of Spies. The author's sayings are terse yet elegant, simple yet profound, clearly expressed and eminently practical.
Humans have constructed buildings and walls for defensive purposes for many thousands of years. For example, the Great Wall of China is a series of military construction designed for defense in warfare, made of stone, brick, tamped earth,wood, and other materials. However, The Art of War is not just the staple and base of all military strategy and soldier's training,but also a bible for business negotiation and philosophy of life.
China's traditional culture has had a huge impact on the world and Sun Tzu's The Art of War plays an irreplaceable role as many renowned foreign generals have studied this book. Numerous entrepreneurs, even some chief executives of Fortune 500 companies,discovered that the book can be used as a mighty weapon in fi erce commercial battles. Businessmen combined oriental wisdom and strategy with Western modern management philosophy, and put the knowledge into practice with great success.
Analysts who discussed the reason why Sun Tzu's military principles maintained such perennial appeal found that the book was the essence of the most outstanding military tactics in ancient China. The classic book is not con fined to battles, but introduces a series of strategies that can be applied to any forms or any levels of competitions or conlf icts. Therefore, The Art of War is crucial to China and the world at large.
One comment said, “Westerners have dozens of books to choose from if they want to learn about Japanese philosophy and military tactics. But when the Japanese, especially those in business, want information on the subject, many turn to an ancient Chinese, not Japanese,military manual The Art of War,which shows managers how to be fearless in resolving conflicts.” The Times once acclaimed the book,“As a reflection of the Chinese mind, this little work is as relevant as any Confucian classic.”
The Economist once published an article about soft power, saying that Sun Tzu, who has been praised highly by the global administrative elites, has the power to make China more attractive to foreigners, as he underlined “the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” What else could be more effective to testify that China is a peace loving nation? Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. - the founder of the concept of “soft power” — agreed that Sun Tzu was a man who truly understood the use of soft power.
2.根据沪江英语网转载的资料表明，经过上千年历史的演变，在讲英语的国家中，很少有哪个国家像英国一样拥有如此多种的英语变种。
The Guardian has listed The Art of War in the top 100 nonfiction books, ranking it first among political books.
最早是韩国整形美容行业始于20世纪50年代，期初是为了给先天畸形或者给在战争中受伤的残疾者进行治疗，到了70年代才有了现代意义上的整容也。整容在国内流行大概是从20世纪90年代初开始，最开始是因脸部烧伤而整容的人居多，到1998年以后整容成为潮流。现在每天每个医院里每个可以做五六台整容的，人群主要是二三十岁的女性，男性逐渐增多。随着社会经济的不断发展，从烧伤整形科衍生出来的整形医学不再满足于“雪中送炭”的传统角色，开始顺应社会的需求做更多“锦上添花”的事。越来越多的人通过整容来达到变美的目的。
在设计过程当中遇到了很多问题，比如怎样选择分型面、成型设备、模架的结构，以及成型零件的制定和设计尺寸的计算等等，费了很多周折，也走了不少的弯路。而在装配图的绘制过程中，又遇到了前面设计上的很多结构错误，对细节方面的，多次改正较多。经过老师的指导和长时间的思考及翻阅许多的相关资料，才完整的完成了本套模具的设计过程。但由于经验和水平所限，设计中依然存在很多的问题，在实际中仍需大量的修正和调试，才能够正常的运作，毕竟是在学校做的设计，难免会遇到各种各样的生产上的实际问题。
Over the 200 years of its circulation in European society, The Art of War has gradually evolved into an inspirational book that can be used to advise on everything from business management,and sports competitions to political elections and interpersonal relationships. Among the 5,000-plus readers' feedback on Amazon,4,631 are positive evaluations,approximately 80 percent.
Some readers think the book can teach them how to be assertive, deal with disputes and think creatively; some say the book tells them who they are, what to do,and how to do it in relation to many situations; some share their understanding of the book at different ages in life and suggest this helps get a different perspective on the book's lessons; some regret that they had not read the book earlier, as it would have given them a more rational attitude toward life. Most of the principles in this book are still applicable to modern society.
From all these evaluations,readers can discover that The Art of War, as an essential part of Chinese wisdom, has not only nourished the heart of Chinese people over the past 2,000 years,but has also been translated and shared around the world in the long course of history, becoming a spiritual treasure of the global community.
The Art of War
Author: Sun Tzu
Translator: Samuel B. Griffith
Price: US $9.95 Paperback, 197 pages Published by Oxford University Press
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