Cincwadi yakhe iwumbhalo wesu lezempi wakudala okuthiwa ubhalwe u-Sun Tzu, ujenene waseShayina, isazi sefilosofi, kanye nosomaqhinga wezempi owaphila ngekhulu lesithupha BCE. Le ncwadi ibhekwa njengenye yemisebenzi enethonya elikhulu kumasu namaqhinga ezempi, futhi isafundwa kabanzi futhi isetshenziswa namuhla, kokubili emkhakheni wezempi nakweminye imikhakha efana nebhizinisi, ezombusazwe kanye nobuholi.