STORY: Kenyan youth draws inspiration from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:09
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the study house of Sun Tzu at Kenyatta University
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EDDY PAUL KIRIMI, Student, Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PHYLLIS WAHURA, Student, Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University

STORYLINE:

The book on military strategy, "The Art of War," written by Sun Tzu over 25 centuries ago, has provided inspiration to Kenyan youth, keen to confront present challenges and chart a brighter future.

Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher and writer.
   
Kenyatta University, Kenya's second-oldest university, recently set up a study house of Sun Tzu, where his influential works are on display and available for reading by local students and their tutors.

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EDDY PAUL KIRIMI, Student, Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University
"I have been studying Chinese for two years now. The most outstanding lesson I have learned from the book is that, considering the topic of the book is 'the art of war,' I have learned that in every situation you have to be courageous, be strong and then you have to think through it in order to complete all, to get success."

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win"
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PHYLLIS WAHURA, Student, Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University
"The book 'The Art of War,' it's very influential in how you think. It helps you strategize in a different way, how to think ahead before even doing something, to strategize and to think ahead."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi.
(XHTV)