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Sun Tzu as an unsympathetic character.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Last February, I wrote of the many beneficial non-violent lessons from the Art of War by Sun Tzu.  Recently, I read the following story about Sun Tzu in Samuel Griffith's Art of War translation from Ssu-Ma Ch'ien's Shih Chi/Historical Records' biographical account of Sun Tzu: As Griffith translates the account, Ho-lu, the king of Wu, hired Sun Tzu to conduct an experiment in the movement of troops, using a few hundred women, some or all of whom were the king's concubines. After explaining and ordering the women to face right, the women "roared with laughter." Sun Tzu responded: "'If regulations are not clear and orders are thoroughly explained, it is the commander's fault.'" Sun Tzu then repeated and explained the order the same number of times to face right , and the women again broke into laughter...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on May 17, 2009 (boomark / email).