The study of
Sunzi's Art of War has been popular throughout the last 2,500 years. Beginning with Cao Cao' Notes, it has
been untiringly carried on by many wellknown scholars through different dynasties until our modern age when hundreds of scholars are working enthusiastically in studying it in various approaches. Notes by 11 Scholars is the oldest and most popular study on the text. Textual errors and misunderstandings of the original
scriptures are nevertheless frequently spotted. This essay presents an indepth survey of some different notes over a number of indeterminacies in the original scriptures. The text is carefully proofread, noted and corrected. Indexing and redactional approaches are applied in the synchronic as well as diachronic studies of the text. Modern grammatical, lexicological, phonetic and other linguistic theories together with cultural and historical surveys are attempted toward a better understanding of
Sunzi's Art of War. Further studies will have to be continued due to the lack of reliable historical references.