I hear a lot about The Art of War. Was The Art of War just recently discovered and now is getting the recognition it deserves?
Agreed on the recognition it deserves part, but The Art of War being just recently popular or recently given credit is incorrect. Sun Tzu’s Art of War was highly regarded from day one of its creation over 2,000 years ago and continued to be treasured throughout history in China and later in other Asian countries, like Japan and Vietnam. Otherwise it would not have survived. Therefore to say it was recently discovered is seeing the work through Western eyes, as it wasn’t introduced to Europe until the late 18th century. The first widely known English translation was written by Lionel Giles in 1910. However, the real increase in Sun Tzu’s popularity (which lasts to this day) in the United States didn’t come until General Samuel Griffith’s translation in 1963 and the Vietnam War that followed. Sun Tzu in recent mainstream culture: “Wall Street” movie starring Michael Douglas (1987), “The Art of War” movie starring Wesley Snipes (2000), and “The Sopranos” television show with its main char
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