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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". There are about 6,000 words and 13 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.
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.
Extended information 1. The influence of Sun Tzu's art of war
Many works believe that the spread of Sun Tzu's Art of War abroad was first in Japan, followed by Korea. Because these two countries adjacent to China have frequent cultural exchanges with China in history, and Nara sent overseas students to study in China many times, which undoubtedly built a convenient bridge for the eastward spread of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
The significance of The Art of War is not only a military work, but also represents the wisdom, thoughts and culture of China people. It is the crystallization of Chinese civilization for thousands of years and the wisdom foundation and source of Chinese civilization.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is a brilliant treasure in China's military cultural heritage and an important part of China's excellent cultural tradition. It is the greatest military theory work of China in ancient times, and it is also one of the most influential and extensive ancient books of China in the world.
Sun Tzu's Art of War contains rich dialectical thoughts. The book discusses the opposition and transformation of a series of war-related contradictions, such as enemy and ourselves, subject and object, being outnumbered, strength, attack and defense, victory and defeat, and interests. It is on the basis of studying these contradictions and their transformation conditions that Sun Tzu's Art of War puts forward its war strategy and tactics. The dialectical thought embodied in it occupies an important position in the development history of China's dialectical thinking.
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Sun Wu (about 545 BC-about 470 BC), whose real name was Changqing, was born in Le 'an (now northern Shandong Province) in the State of Qi 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".
Sun Wu was active from the end of 6th century BC to the beginning of 5th century BC, from Qi State to Wu State, and was recommended by the senior minister of Wu State (Wu Zixu). He presented thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War to He Lv, the king of Wu, and was reused as a general. He once led Wu Jun to defeat the Chu army, occupied the capital of Chu, and almost destroyed Chu.