孙武（约公元前545年—约公元前470年），字长卿，齐国乐安（今山东广饶））人，中国春秋时期著名的军事家、政治家，尊称兵圣或孙子（孙武子），被誉为“百世兵家之师”、“东方兵学的鼻祖”。

大约活动于公元前六世纪末至前五世纪初。由齐至吴，经吴国重臣伍员（伍子胥）举荐，向吴王阖闾进呈所著兵法十三篇，受到重用为将。他曾率领吴国军队大败楚国军队，占领楚国都城郢城，几近覆亡楚国。

其著有巨作《孙子兵法》十三篇，为后世兵法家所推崇，被誉为“兵学圣典”，置于《武经七书》之首。他撰著的《孙子兵法》在中国乃至世界军事史、军事学术史和哲学思想史上都占有极为重要的地位，并在政治、经济、军事、文化、哲学等领域被广泛运用。被译为英文、法文、德文、日文，该书成为国际间最著名的兵学典范之书。

Sun-Tzu is a landmark translation of the Chinese classic that is without a doubt one of the most important books of all time. Popularly known as The Art of War, Sun-Tzu is one of the leading books on strategic thinking ever written. While other books on strategy, wisdom, and philosophy come and go, both leaders and gentle contemplators alike have embraced the writings of Sun-tzu. Sun-Tzu is not simply another of many translations already available, but an entirely new text, based on manuscripts recently discovered in Linyi, China, that predates all previous texts by as much as one thousand years. In translating the text, researcher and interpreter J. H. Huang traced the roots of the language to before 221 B.C. to get to the original intent; Besides offering a wonderfully clear translation, Huang adds an introduction to the history behind Sun-Tzu and his own comments on the meaning of the text. In addition, Sun-Tzu includes six appendices, five of which were uncovered at Linyi and are not found in other editions.The writings of Sun-tzu have stood the test of time, and J. H. Huang's Sun-Tzu is the edition for the next millennium and beyond.