英語で読むと改めて意味が心に入ってくる事もあった。また、翻訳者の解説ではなく、言葉ごとに中国の武将や研究者たちの解釈を集めて、読者に理解させようとしている手法が新鮮だった。
これはひょっとして、十家註とか十一家註といわれている物の英訳でしょうか。曹操以外の中国語読みを知らないので、人名がアルファベットになった時に想像が出来ないのと、日本語の十家註とか十一家註を読んだことがないので、はっきりしません。

曹操の注釈が読みたくて買いました。
邦訳孫子との最大の違いはその注釈にあるでしょう。邦訳孫子の註はあ
くまで訓古的なもの、語句解釈のためのものです。いわば漢文で読むた
めの注かと。一方英訳孫子は、文章の解釈であり、曹操をはじめとする
過去なされてきた注釈が記載されています。

なお、曹操はCAO CAO。他の人名もアルファベットだと良くわかりませ
んでした。漢字じゃないと誰なんだかよくわかりませんね。

If you are going to buy a copy You can not go wrng with "Penguin Clasics".

Today many of Sun Tzu quotas are floating around mixed with Shakespeare and the Bible. And as with many of the quote they are out of context and misleading. The quoter usually thinks repeating the word is some sort of magic.

It is easy with hindsight and a closer look at the future to dismiss Sun Tzu as his practical tactical knowledge is of a time and place long gone. He spends a lot of time on the use of weapons and information gathering techniques of the time. This can be interesting in a historical context; other wise it is quite amusing.

Oh yes those grains of truth I mentioned, well they may sound like clichés but they are still viable. "Know your enemy and know yourself". Others are just practical sense and statistical outcomes that you learn in any military training. I could go through the list, but again that is why you buy the book.

Now just as you decide that the book is outdated for any practical purposes today we have artillery and now stealth and precision, the reminder that "no two wars are alike" and "it is flexibility that makes a difference" is being shown today to still be true. Even in today's wars there is a need for good intelligence and deception. We put a lot of time and energy into Psy-Ops. Sun Tzu shows the advantage in specialized units and crack troops.

I have spent several years in the military and in business and can say this book is a nice addition to history, otherwise of very little value to today's world for war.

As a Project Manager I can tell you that this book has little value to today's business. Projects are about efficiency, cooperation, and ROI not war.