1. Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (SūnWǔ) (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法 (SūnzǐBīngfǎ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 (WǔjīngQīshū)