本项目所依据的核心文献，涵盖中文古籍、现代研究、英文译本与海外学术成果。分为五类，便于查阅。Core sources for this project — Chinese classics, modern scholarship, English translations, and international research. Organized into five categories.
[宋] 吉天保 辑，《十一家注孙子》，三卷。Eleven Commentators Edition (c. 1080). Collects Cao Cao, Meng Shi, Li Quan, Du Mu, Chen Hao, Jia Lin, Mei Yaochen, He Shi, Zhang Yu, Wang Xi, Du You.
[宋] 佚名 编，《武经七书》，含《孙子》《吴子》《六韬》《司马法》《三略》《尉缭子》《李卫公问对》。Seven Military Classics (1078–1085). Imperial military examination canon.
[宋] 梅尧臣 撰，《梅尧臣注孙子》。Mei Yaochen's Commentary (1002–1060). Known for philosophical clarity.
[明] 刘寅 撰，《武经七书直解》。Liu Yin's Direct Explanation (fl. 1580s). The most important Ming-era commentary.
[清] 纪昀 等纂，《四库全书·子部·兵家类》，含《孙子》提要。Siku Quanshu (1782). Military section with bibliographic assessment.
二、现代学术研究Modern Scholarship8
杨丙安 校注，《十一家注孙子校理》，北京：中华书局，1999。The most authoritative modern critical edition. Cross-references bamboo slips, Seven Military Classics, and Eleven Commentators editions.
李零，《兵以诈立：我读〈孙子〉》，北京：中华书局，2006。Li Ling's reading of Sun Tzu through archaeology and paleography. One of the most influential contemporary works.
李零，《〈孙子〉古本研究》，北京：北京大学出版社，1997。Research on ancient editions of Sun Tzu, including bamboo slip analysis.
钮先钟，《孙子三论》，台北：麦田出版社，1996。Three Essays on Sun Tzu. A comprehensive modern Taiwanese study.
吴如嵩，《孙子兵法新论》，北京：解放军出版社，2002。New Perspectives on The Art of War. Military academy standard reference.
于汝波 主编，《孙子兵法研究史》，北京：军事科学出版社，2001。History of Art of War Studies. Comprehensive survey of the commentarial tradition.
蒋百里，《孙子浅说》，上海：商务印书馆，1915。A Brief Explanation of Sun Tzu. Pioneer of modern East-West military synthesis.
郭化若，《孙子译注》，上海：上海古籍出版社，1984。Translation and Commentary. A widely used modern edition with accessible annotations.
三、英文译本English Translations7
Calthrop, E.F. (trans.), Sonshi: The Book of War, London: Murray, 1905.
First English translation, via Japanese. Historically significant but textually flawed.
Giles, Lionel (trans.), Sun Tzu on the Art of War, London: Luzac & Co., 1910.
The academic benchmark for decades. Direct translation from Chinese with scholarly notes.
Griffith, Samuel B. (trans.), Sun Tzu: The Art of War, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963.
Military authority. Incorporated Yinqueshan bamboo slip research in 1972 revised edition. USMC recommended.
Cleary, Thomas (trans.), The Art of War, Boston: Shambhala, 1988.
Popular fluent translation including Cao Cao's commentary. Bestseller in business circles.
Ames, Roger T. (trans.), Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare, New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
Based on Yinqueshan bamboo slips. Most textually accurate English translation. Includes lost passages.
Sawyer, Ralph D. (trans.), Sun Tzu: The Art of War, New York: Barnes & Noble, 2002.
Complete Eleven Commentators translation with extensive military-historical annotations.
Nylan, Michael (trans.), The Art of War: A New Translation, New York: W.W. Norton, 2018.
Latest scholarly translation emphasizing philosophical dimensions and cultural context.
四、海外学术研究International Scholarship6
Sawyer, Ralph D., The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.
Complete translation of all Seven Military Classics with historical introductions.
Handel, Michael I., Sun Tzu and Clausewitz: The Art of War and On War Compared, Carlisle: Strategic Studies Institute, 1991.
Comparative study of Eastern and Western strategic thought.
Mair, Victor H., The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods, New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.
Columbia University translation with literary and linguistic analysis.
Minford, John (trans.), The Art of War, New York: Viking, 2002.
Literary translation emphasizing the text's philosophical beauty.
Brooks, E. Bruce & A. Taeko Brooks, The Original Analects, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
While focused on the Analects, their methodology for dating Warring States texts informs Sun Tzu studies.
Fung Yu-lan (冯友兰), A History of Chinese Philosophy, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952.
Classic English-language history of Chinese philosophy, with analysis of strategic thought.
五、考古与出土文献Archaeology & Excavated Texts5
银雀山汉墓竹简整理小组，《银雀山汉墓竹简[壹]》，北京：文物出版社，1985。Official publication of the Yinqueshan bamboo slips. Includes The Art of War and Sun Bin's Art of War.
吴九龙，《银雀山汉简释文》，北京：文物出版社，1985。Transcription and annotation of the Yinqueshan bamboo slips text.
骈宇骞、段书安，《二十世纪出土简帛综述》，北京：中华书局，2006。Comprehensive survey of 20th-century bamboo and silk manuscript discoveries.
Harper, Donald, Early Chinese Medical Literature: The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts, London: Kegan Paul, 1998.
While focused on Mawangdui medical texts, provides comparative methodology for bamboo/silk text analysis.
Cook, Constance A. & Goldin, Paul R. (eds.), A Source Book of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions, Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China, 2016.
Reference for early Chinese epigraphy methods applicable to bamboo slip research.