# Sun Hsing-yen — The Art of War character guide

> Sun Hsing-yen in The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sun

**First appearance:** 0004-the-commentators

## Who they are

A scholar who edited and commented on Sun Tzǔ's text.

## Relationships

### [Sun Tzǔ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/characters/sun_tzu)

_family_

Sun Hsing-yen is traditionally considered a descendant or later commentator closely associated with Sun Tzǔ's lineage.

### [Sun Tzǔ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/characters/sun_tzu)

_family_

Sun Hsing-yen is traditionally considered a descendant or later commentator closely associated with Sun Tzǔ's lineage.

## In the story

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

Chinese scholar whose edition of Sun Tzǔ's text is used by Giles as the basis for paragraph divisions.

### [Sun Wu and His Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/sun-wu-and-his-book)

Scholar who pointed out that Tsʽao Kung's preface indicates he wrote an explanatory paraphrase, not an abridgment.

### [The Text of Sun Tzǔ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/the-text-of-sun-tz)

Qing scholar who discovered Chi Tʽien-pao's lost edition and produced the standard text.

### [Apologies for War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/apologies-for-war)

Editor of Sun Tzǔ, quoted in support of the view that Confucius was not ignorant of military matters.

## Links

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