Is there any consensus on when the book came to the west? Was it brought by Marco Polo, was it brought by europeans from east asian colonies, or was it brought in some other way?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1j37co/when_how_and_why_did_sun_tzus_the_art_of_war/
/u/ursa-minor-88 has a pretty good answer on it