Introduction to Sun Tzu's Art of War

1, Introduction

Sun Wu (about 545 BC-about 470 BC), whose real name was Changqing, was born in Le 'an (now northern Shandong Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. China, a famous strategist and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period, was honored as a soldier sage or grandson (Sun Wuzi), also known as "the most holy strategist", and was known as "the teacher of a hundred schools of thought" and "the originator of eastern military science".

2. Works

Sun Tzu's Art of War, also known as Sun Wu's Art of War, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Wu's Art of War, is the earliest existing military works in China and the earliest military works in the world. It is about 2300 years earlier than clausewitz's On War, and is known as the "sacred book of military science". * * * about six thousand words, one article * * * thirteen articles. The author is Sun Wu, whose ancestral home is Le 'an, Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and a general of Wu.

Sun Tzu's Art of War is a brilliant treasure in China's ancient military cultural heritage and an important part of excellent traditional culture. Its content is profound, its thought is profound, and its logic is rigorous, which is the concentrated embodiment of the essence of ancient military thought.

Extended data

Some of Sun Wu's military views and thoughts on running the army have been recited and applied by later military strategists, which is a valuable historical legacy in China's military history. Sun Tzu's Art of War is the earliest, most complete and systematic art of war in China. It is listed as the first of the seven books in North Song Shenzong, and is known as the sacred book of art of war.

The book * * * consists of 13 articles, with more than 5,900 words. It is about tactics, operations, planning and attack, shape, potential, reality, military struggle, nine changes, marching, terrain, nine places, fire attack and use. Sun Tzu's Art of War reveals the laws of war and discusses the laws of war, the theory of running the army and the theory of winning. , and with simple materialism and dialectical thought, known as "military classics" and "the originator of military strategists."

Its rich ideological connotation and incisive dialectical philosophy are valued by military strategists and politicians at home and abroad. The Art of War has been translated into English, Japanese, German, French, Russian, Czech and Korean. Known internationally as "the first ancient art book in the world", it has been paid attention to and applied not only in the military field, but also in the fields of economy and sports.

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