[孙子 / 孫子, Sūn zǐ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ]Sun Wu 孫武|孙武, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法#7510[Add to Longdo]
[纵横 / 縱橫, zòng héng, ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ]lit. warp and woof in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; Political Strategists (pre-Han school of thought)#12452[Add to Longdo]
[纸上谈兵 / 紙上談兵, zhǐ shàng tán bīng, ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ]lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice (cf. Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC); an armchair strategist; idle theorizing#40926[Add to Longdo]
[孙武 / 孫武, Sūn Wǔ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˇ]Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法; also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙武#41784[Add to Longdo]
[三教九流, sān jiào jiǔ liú, ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ]the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Ecletics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)#66291[Add to Longdo]
[司马穰苴 / 司馬穰苴, Sī mǎ Ráng jū, ㄙ ㄇㄚˇ ㄖㄤˊ ㄐㄩ]Sīmǎ Rángjū, strategist of Qí 齊國|齐国, dates unknown (c. 800 BC), author of Sīmǎ's Art of war 司馬法|司马法[Add to Longdo]
[吴下阿蒙 / 吳下阿蒙, Wú xià ā Méng, ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄚ ㄇㄥˊ]General Lü Meng 呂矇|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (成语 saw); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)[Add to Longdo]
[孙武子 / 孫武子, Sūn Wǔ zǐ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˇ ㄗˇ]Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法; also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙武[Add to Longdo]
[まごこ, magoko](n) (1) (hon) Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); (2) (See 孫子の兵法) The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); (3) Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)[Add to Longdo]