Penerjemah Samuel B. Griffith mratélaaké sajeroning bab "Sun Tzu lan Mao Tse-Tung" yèn "The Art of War" dikutip duwé prabawa marang anggitan Mao: "On Guerilla Warfare", "On the Protracted War", lan "Strategic Problems of China's Revolutionary War" lan kalebu pocapan Mao: Aja ngrèmèhaké paugeran sing ana ing bukuné Sun Tsu, ahli mlitèr kondhang saka jaman kuna, Kenali mungsuhmu lan kenali awakmu dhéwé lan kowé bakal bisa perang ping sèwu tanpa kalah. ("We must not belittle the saying in the book of Sun Wu Tzu, the great military expert of ancient China, 'Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a thousand battles without disaster.'") 