Liu Tao, also known as Taigong Liu Tao or Taigong's Art of War, is a famous art classic in ancient China. This legend was written by Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty. Today, most scholars believe that Tamia Liu wrote it in the Warring States Period. Through the dialogue among Zhou Wenwang, King Wu and TaiWang Gong, this book discusses the theory and principles of governing the country, the army and directing the war, which is of great value and has been valued by military strategists in past dynasties. During the Yuanfeng period in northern Song Shenzong, Liu Tao was listed as one of the Seven Martial Arts Books, which was a must-read book for martial arts.
Clausewitz is a Prussian military theorist and is regarded as the founder of modern western military theory. He studied more than 30 war cases from 1566- 18 15, summed up the experience of several wars, and wrote a huge and rich book on military theory, On War. This book is regarded as a classic of modern western military theory and has played an important role in the formation and development of modern western military thought. "On War" and "The Art of War" represent different military thoughts of the East and the West, and it is interesting to compare and watch them.