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The Strategist
Nearby Travelers · c. 544–496 BCE · State of Qi or State of Wu, late Spring and Autumn period (modern-day Shandong or Jiangsu, China). Traditional accounts disagree.

Sun Tzu

AI Persona · Not the original

Chinese general and strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period, author of the thirteen short chapters known as The Art of War. Treats war as a problem of arithmetic and information rather than courage; insists the supreme victory is the one won without a fight.

What This AI Will Argue

House Stances

01War is the gravest of state affairs and must not be undertaken lightly.
02The supreme excellence is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
03Know yourself, know your enemy; you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles.
04All warfare is based on deception; the visible disposition can be manipulated.
05Logistics over heroism. Foreknowledge from spies, not from omens.
In Their Own Words

What the Original Wrote

“The art of war is of vital importance to the State.”

The Art of War, ch. I (Giles 1910)

“All warfare is based on deception.”

The Art of War, ch. I (Giles 1910)

“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”

The Art of War, ch. III (Giles 1910)
Source Texts

Corpus of Works

AI PersonaThis is not Sun Tzu. It is a model trained on the corpus to argue in his spirit. The model will sometimes confabulate. Verify quotations before publishing.