# Père Amiot — The Art of War character guide

> Père Amiot in The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-preface-by-lionel-giles

## Who they are

A French Jesuit who translated Sun Tzǔ into French.

## In the story

### [Preface by Lionel Giles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/preface-by-lionel-giles)

Jesuit missionary whose 18th-century French translation of Sun Tzǔ is described by Giles as 'little better than an imposture.'

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