Sun Tzu's Art of War is regarded as a classic of military strategists. It has a history of 2500 years and has been studied in all dynasties. Li Shimin said, "Look at the art of war, there is no Sun Wu". Sun Tzu's art of war is a strategy, and strategy is not a trick, but a great strategy and great wisdom. Today, Sun Tzu's art of war has gone global. It has also been translated into many languages and occupies an important position in the world military history. Bamboo slips of Sun Tzu's Art of War in Han Dynasty were unearthed in tapiscia sinensis Mountain in Linyi on 1972.
Sun Tzu's Art of War, 13, * * 6 100 words, is an independent and complete art book.
It summarizes the war experience in the Spring and Autumn Period and before, has profound strategic thoughts, and reflects the general laws of war to some extent. Its basic viewpoints are as follows: (1) the war view of "soldiers are also a major event of the country"; On the winning conditions of "Tao" leading the war: the method of "knowing yourself and knowing yourself, fighting in every battle"; The theory of "total victory" of "defeating the enemy without fighting"; A series of operational guiding principles centered on "creating people but not creating people".
The publication of Sun Tzu's Art of War marks the birth of an independent military theory, which is of epoch-making significance in the world military history. It initially realized the essence of war, broke through the shackles of the long-term theory of ghosts and gods and the theory of destiny, and had a simple materialistic view; This paper analyzes the contradictions in the war, such as strangeness, attack and defense, strength, reality, distance and their mutual transformation, which embodies the simple dialectical thought. Some war laws and guiding principles revealed by it have become models for later generations.