Of the 4,000-odd books on military strategy produced over the course of Chinese history,The Art of War is almost unanimously acknowledged as the most oustanding.It was written by Sum Wu(Sun Tzu),a well-known general during the late Spring and Atutmn Period,som2,500yeras age.The fact that a man and the book he wroted still exert a profound influece ouer2,500yers since his death surely makes one want to find out exactly what a kind of man Sun Tzu was and what exactly he worote about.