The Art of War in Nigerian Pidgin (Sun Tzu Art of War for Naija Pidgin)

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The Art of War in Nigerian Pidgin: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, translated into Nigerian Pidgin from the original.

Original author: Sun Tzu. Original title: The Art of War. Translated into Nigerian Pidgin from the Chinese original.

About two thousand five hundred year ago, one Chinese army general write thirteen chapter about how you fit win war, and about sometin wey important pass: how you fit win without fighting at all.

Since dat time, di book don commot from battlefield enter meeting room, negotiation table and study room. Generals, business pipo, sports pipo and leaders all over di world dey go back to am to learn one tin: say victory dey start for your head before you win am for field.

“War na di way of wayo … If you sabi di enemy and you sabi yourself, you no go dey for danger even for one hundred battle.”

Dis new Pidgin translation come straight from di Chinese text, and e carry all di thirteen chapter complete.

Dis book carry all di thirteen chapter complete, translate straight from di old Chinese text. Where di old copies no agree, di translation follow di main text.

About this edition: translated from the Classical Chinese base text of the Sunzi (Chinese Wikisource). Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 40 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover: Bamboo Landscape, Southern Song dynasty, China, detail. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.54. CC0.