Regarded as the “founder of art of war for a hundred generations”, Sun Tzus Art of War is the masterpiece of ancient Chinese military strategists thought and the treasure of traditional Chinese military culture. It not only embodies broad and profound military thought, but also, as a classical work dealing with methods of combat, has inherent correlations with the methods of ideological and political education. It is, therefore, of great theoretical and practical significance for developing the space of the innovation of ideological and political education and for enriching its methodology to reveal the intrinsic relationship between the two. Based on the above, this paper attempts to explore the Art of War from principles and methods, specific methods, and art of methodology of ideological and political education.