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The Five Classics and Seven Books is a series of art of war published by the Northern Song Dynasty court as an official book, and it is the first collection of military teaching materials in ancient China. It is compiled from seven famous military books: Sun Tzu's Art of War, Woods' Art of War, Liu Tao, Sima's Art of War, Three Views (Shi Gong San lve), Wei Liaozi and Li Weiguo's Problems.
Since the Song Dynasty, Seven Books of Wu Jing, which is a required reading for martial arts, has condensed the essence of China's ancient military works. Paying attention to military history is also a prominent feature of China's cultural history.
The Five Classics and Seven Books is a contribution of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial court in the construction of military theory, which basically includes the representative works of China's ancient military works before the Northern Song Dynasty. It expounded a series of military strategic thoughts and tactical principles, and condensed the essence of people's understanding of war in ancient China. Whether in military theory or in war practice, it has a far-reaching impact on future generations and even the world.
It is the essence of ancient Chinese art classics and the treasure of China's military theory hall. It is not only the spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation, but also the spiritual wealth of people all over the world. It laid the foundation of ancient military science in China and played a positive role in the development of modern military science in China and the world. The revision and promulgation of the Five Classics and Seven Books is a contribution of the Northern Song Dynasty court in the construction of military theory.
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It is an independent military work when Sun Wu met He Lv, the king of Wu. Later, he gained more war experience in Wu, which made him more complete. After it came out, it has been widely valued and circulated by the society. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty says that during the Warring States Period, "the books of Sun Wu (Sun Bin) and Wu Qi (Wu Qi) were available at home".
Judging from the quotations of Sun Tzu's Art of War in the existing ancient books of Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, there are several different manuscripts. The remnants of Sun Tzu's Art of War unearthed in the treetop mountain are the oldest manuscripts that can be seen at present, among which Xing Pian is a manuscript in two different languages. There are also some differences between Ten Records of Sun Tzu in the Northern Song Dynasty and Sun Tzu in the Five Classics and Seven Books.
Before the mid-Han Dynasty, thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War were independent and complete. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang's Seven Records was called Sun Tzu's Art of War in three volumes. Saying "three volumes" instead of "thirteen articles" may be due to the change from simple strategy to silk book. The Art of War, which is more than 0/00 years later than Historical Records, is recorded as the Art of War of Sun Tzu, with 82 articles and nine volumes in total.
Bi Yixun, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, pointed out the reason for the sudden increase of this article in Sun Tzu's The Art of War. He said: Of these 82 articles, except for 13 written by Sun Wu before he met Lu, the remaining 69 articles were lost by Sun Wu.
Most of these sixty-nine lost articles have been lost. It was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, more than 60 years after Hanshu, that Cao Cao himself completed the work of restoring the thirteen prototypes. This is the ancient version of Song Shijie that we are seeing now. It compiled sixty-nine articles except thirteen into two volumes, and Sun Tzu's Art of War continued. It is recorded in Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi and Tang Shuyi Wen Zhi, which may be lost after the Tang Dynasty.