User blog comment:Wassboss/Chief Crazy Horse vs Sun Tzu/@comment-3018037-20110429224604/@comment-69.207.51.130-20130706233948

I think everyone is confusing Sun Tzu with a senile librarian. During the warring states period, he was (believe it or not) an ACTUAL general. He did see combat and is famous for training the (state equivalent of the emperor)'s own handmaidens into effective soldiers to prove a point. With mastery over unconventional warfare and the leadership capability to train the small Wu army into an effective fighting force, Sun Tzu was the ancient equivalent of a green beret. Replace the Zhua with a dagger-axe and the repeating crossbow with a standard crossbow (cast iron bolts, accurate, range of a quarter mile) and now you have something.