孫臏 Sun Bin
孫臏兵法
Sun Bin Bingfa
A military treatise attributed to Sun Bin, descendant of Sun Tzu, recovered from the 1972 Yinqueshan Han tomb excavation. The text had been lost for nearly two millennia and survives in fragmentary form on bamboo strips. Thirty chapters covering tactical formations, terrain assessment, morale management, and the philosophy of strategic asymmetry.
By Augustin Chan with AI · Published March 2026
Chapters 篇
1擒龐涓The Capture of Pang Juan2見威王Audience with King Wei3威王問King Wei's Questions4陳忌問壘Tian Ji Asks About Ramparts5篡卒Selecting Troops6月戰Lunar Warfare7八陣The Eight Formations8地葆Treasures of Terrain9勢備Strategic Momentum and Preparedness10兵情The Nature of Warfare11行篡Marching and Selection12殺士Expending Soldiers13延氣Sustaining Morale14官一Offices, Part One15強兵Strengthening the Army16十陣The Ten Formations17十問Ten Questions18略甲Seizing Armored Forces19客主人分The Division Between Guest and Host20善者The Skilled Commander21五名五恭Five Designations and Five Restraints22兵失Military Failures23將義The General's Righteousness24將德The General's Virtue25將敗The General's Defeats26將失The General's Errors27雄牝城Male and Female Cities28五度九奪Five Measures and Nine Seizures29積疏Concentrated and Dispersed30奇正The Unorthodox and the Orthodox