What it does
Posts one quotation from Sun Tzu's The Art of War to a channel you
choose, once a day. Anyone can also ask for one at any time with
/suntzu.
There are 92 quotations covering all thirteen chapters, drawn from a shuffled deck so none repeats until the rest have had their turn. Each server gets its own sequence.
Commands
| Command | Who | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/suntzu |
Everyone | Posts a quotation right now |
/suntzu-setup |
Manage Server | Chooses the channel for the daily quotation |
/suntzu-status |
Everyone | Shows whether the daily quotation is on, and where |
/suntzu-stop |
Manage Server | Turns the daily quotation off |
Setting it up
Add the bot, then run /suntzu-setup and pick a channel. That is
the whole setup. /suntzu-status will confirm it.
The daily quotation posts at 9:00 AM US Central for every server. There is no per-server time yet, so a server in Europe gets its "morning" quotation in the afternoon. Worth knowing before you set it up.
Permissions
The bot asks for three permissions and nothing more: View Channel, Send Messages and Embed Links. Embed Links is needed because the quotations are sent as embeds.
It requests no privileged intents, so it cannot read your messages.
Your data
It stores your server's ID and the ID of the channel you picked. That is
all — no messages, no member lists, no accounts, no analytics. Running
/suntzu-stop or removing the bot deletes the record.
The Privacy Policy shows the complete stored record, unedited.
Honest caveats
- It runs on one machine, maintained by one person. There is no uptime guarantee.
- Every server shares the same 9:00 AM US Central post time.
- It is free, and will stay free. Nothing is sold and there is no advertising.
About the text
Quotations come from Lionel Giles's 1910 translation, which is in the public domain. Some longer passages are trimmed; wording is otherwise unaltered. Chapter attributions follow Giles's numbering and chapter titles.