An Invitation

In Sunzi bingfa (“Sun Tzu: Art of War”), Sun Tzu only wrote the maxims. Commentary was added through the centuries and millennia by other military leaders, philosophers, and writers. They interpreted and expanded upon his thoughts, often providing military anecdotes to support (or challenge) a particular concept.

I would like this updated edition of The Art of ‘Ware to grow into a compilation of insight, observations and wisdom from the industry itself. To that end, I am soliciting commentary for all the maxims herein, adding to or replacing the commentaries I have already written. Much as in editions of Sunzi bingfa, each commentary will be individually credited (unless you want to be anonymous or pseudonymous), and there can be multiple commentaries for a single maxim.

Here’s the fine print, right up front. First, acceptance and inclusion (or exclusion) of a given commentary is entirely at the discretion and whim of myself and (should The Art of ‘Ware make it back into commercial form) the publishers. Second, you won’t get paid anything. Third, you’ll assign the necessary rights (on a non-exclusive basis) to me and/or the publishers; if the book does go into print or electronic distribution, you may have to sign and return a form to that extent. On the other hand, I will have a page up front in any distributed edition listing all the commentators, most likely sorted alphabetically (though I reserve the right to sort it some other way).