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The Gap in Understanding

Sun Tzu's book is one of the most valuable works in human history, but mastering its principles from just reading it is like mastering geometry by simply reading Euclid.

Simply reading an English translation of Sun Tzu give you very little idea of his methods. There are a number of serious barriers that stand in the way of understanding the text.

If you compare different English translations, you begin to understand the challenges in translating this work. Unfortunately, even when well-translated,

We also cannot understand the original text without understanding its underlying cultural context and roots in Chinese science, especially its methods of diagramming relationships.

 


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