Mistr Sun (544-496 BC). Some comments relating to the football, tennis, witty colonel and "hybrid warfare"

Abstract

The study use the example of Chinese author Sun-C' and his book The Art of War to briefly show connections and overlaps of antique military thinking to the present days. In particular it compares comprehensive eastern approach with the western displacement of the military from other human activities.

Further it proofs, that Mistr Sun's principles might be surprisingly easy applied to the current problems, including so called hybrid warfare.

Keywords

• Chinese warfare
• warfare
• hybrid war