孙子

孫子
Sūnzǐ / sūnzi
proper noun #3,773

Meanings

  1. 1 Sun Tzu (ancient military strategist, c. 500 BC)
  2. 2 The Art of War (the treatise attributed to Sun Tzu)

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ 》 shì yì běn zhùmíng de jūnshì zhùzuò.
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu is a famous military work.
HSK 7-9
Sūnzǐ shì Chūnqiū shíqī zhùmíng de jūnshìjiā.
Sun Tzu was a famous military strategist of the Spring and Autumn period.
HSK 7-9
Hěnduō shāngrén dōu zài yánjiū Sūnzǐ de zhànlüè sīxiǎng.
Many business people study Sun Tzu's strategic thinking.

Tips

mistakes
Written exactly like the everyday word 孙子, grandson, which ends in a neutral tone. The strategist is Sūnzǐ with a third tone, so a sentence about warfare, strategy or classical philosophy takes that reading.
culture
The here is the honorific Master, the same one in 孔子, Confucius, and 老子. His family name was Sun, so the name reads as Master Sun.

In Pop Culture

孙子兵法 Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ
The Art of War
Sun Tzu's military classic (~500 BC); still cited in business and strategy circles today.

Stroke Order

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