Overview
The translated histories identify Sun Wu as a general, strategist, and writer. This record brings together 23 passages from 8 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sun Wu | 孫武 | Sun Wu |
| Surname | Sun | 孫 | Sūn |
| Title | Sun Tzu | 孫子 | Sūn Zǐ |
| Personal name | Sun Wu | 孫武 | Sūn Wǔ |
| Personal name | Sun Wu | 孫 | |
| Personal | Sun Wu | 孫武 | Sūn Wǔ |
| Alternate | Sunzi | 孫 | Sun |
| Given | Wu | 武 | Wǔ |
| Personal name | 孫子武 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0064, shiji:065:s0001
Roles
- General
- Strategist
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: executedExplicit · hanshu:025:s0102
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0064
- Source Date: Text: BC 512-506 · Western Interval: Start: BC 512 · End: BC 506Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 以兵法見於吳王闔廬…入郢 · Western Interval: Start: BC 512 · End: BC 506Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0002, shiji:065:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 吳用孫武 · Western Interval: Start: BC 512 · End: BC 506Explicit event contextual date · shiji:025:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 孫、吳用兵 · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 戰國 · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 春秋 · Western Year: BC 500Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0042
Family
- Ancestor of Sun Bin (孫臏)Kinship Term: descendant / 後世子孫
Kinship Term: descendant / 後世子孫
Career and standing
- Label: military strategist / 兵法Explicit · shiji:065:s0002
- Label: general / 將 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:065:s0033
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qi / 齊 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · shiji:065:s0001
- Polity: Wu / 吳 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Polity: Wu / 吳 · Relation: served
- Place: Qi / 齊Explicit · shiji:065:s0001
Works and attributed material
- Work: Sun Tzu's Art of War / thirteen chapters / 孫子十三篇Explicit · shiji:065:s0157
- Work: military writings / 篇籍 · Relation: associated-authorExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Work: thirteen chapters / 十三篇 · Relation: authorExplicit · shiji:065:s0003, shiji:065:s0157
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: broke Chu and entered Ying · Place: Ying / 郢 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 西破彊楚，入郢 · Western Year: BC 506Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0034
- Kind: military-strategic · Role: strategist · Action: captured enemies and established victoriesExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Kind: political · Role: appointee · Action: employed-by-WuExplicit · shiji:025:s0012
- Kind: legal · Role: executor · Action: executed the two team leaders as an exampleExplicit · shiji:065:s0022, shiji:065:s0027
- Kind: military-demonstration · Role: commander · Action: trained palace women as troops · Other Person Id: Helü (闔廬)
References in the histories
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