Military annals and military annals are the earliest military books discovered in China. They were written in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, reflecting the military thoughts of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. The Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period are the transitional periods from slave society to feudal society in China, which have the nature of slave society and feudal society. The emergence of military ambition and military ambition gave birth to China's ancient feudal military thought, which became an important symbol of China's feudal military thought.
Judging from the existing translation contents, Military Records and Military are no longer simple records of war activities, but summaries and generalizations of war experience, among which Virtue is Invincible in the World reveals the position and role of politics in the war. "Geographical location is treasure" is an analysis of operating conditions; "Pay back what you owe", "Make progress if you can, and retreat if you overcome difficulties", "Take the voice of others first, and later generations will treat it with failure", "Defend when you meet the enemy" and "Don't push the enemy, don't chase the crowd" are all valuable war strategic ideas.
Historical and Cultural Functions of China's Ancient Military Thought
China's traditional military strategic thought is an important part of traditional culture and a precious historical and cultural wealth of the Chinese nation. In the long history of thousands of years, social form, political system, economic structure, national integration, scientific and technological level, cultural psychology, geographical environment, climatic conditions and other factors are intertwined and contradictory, forming magnificent military cultural resources.
In particular, the Art of War, which is numerous, varied and rich in content, has become an important carrier of China's traditional military strategic thought. According to the statistics of elder sister Lu in the Bibliography of Military History, there are 1304, 683 1, 288 surviving volumes and 2 106 in China's military history. Abstract inheritance of China's traditional military strategic thought must completely and accurately handle the important relationship between history and reality, China and the world, and the profound influence of the rapid development of scientific and technological revolution on military reform.