Sun Tzu, a military general and strategist who lived in ancient China, is one of East Asia's most important historical figures. Traditional historians believe that he lived between 544- 496 B.C. Sun Tzu's birth name was Sun Wu; the name he is well known with is an honorific that means " Master Sun." He is most famous for writing The Art of War, a timeless classic and one of the most important works of Eastern literature.