Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a Chinese classic in military strategy and warfare that has been consulted and applied by international leaders for over two-thousand five hundred years. It is founded on the fundamental principles, wisdom and practices of ancient Chinese Taoism and shares the ethical value of resolving conflicts, winning battles and defeating enemies through knowledgeable, enlightened and compassionate ways of not fighting a war.The Art of War is relevant for managing both interpersonal conflicts between ourselves and fellow human beings and intrapersonal conflicts between our primary executive ego-self and our various subordinate ego-selves.