The Art Of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly know to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactis of its time. it has been the most famous oan influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and "for thel ast two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name." It has had an influence on Estern and Western military thinking, business tactis, legal strategy and beyond.