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Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese general (544–496 BC)
Sun Tzu may have been a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a Classical Chinese text on military strategy from the Warring States period, though…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Shandong
Province in East China
Shandong is a coastal province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in the development of Chinese civilization and culture. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)