《孫子兵法》(The Art of War)是中國古代最偉大的軍事理論著作,也是中國在世界上影響最為廣泛的古籍之一。《孫子兵法》的作者孫武總結春秋時期的戰爭經驗,揭示了一系列帶有普遍性的軍事規律,最終提出了一套完整的軍事理論體系。從20世紀80年代開始,《孫子兵法》就已應用于軍事以外的各個領域。如今,該書的理論還被廣泛應用到經營方法、組織策略以及管理技巧當中。
The Art of War is the greatest work of military theory in ancient China, and also one of the most influential Chinese ancient books in the world. Its author, Sun Wu, summed up the experience of wars in the Spring and Autumn period, and revealed a series of universal military laws. At last, he put forward an integrated system of military theory. Since the 1980s, The Art of War has been applied to various fields outside military. Nowadays, the theories in the book are still widely employed in business approaches, organizing strategies and management skills.