Military strategists are the general names of ancient military strategists and strategists in China, and also refer to the schools that studied strategy and war in the pre-Qin period. Representative military strategists include Sun Tzu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin and Wei Liaozi. The important works of military strategists include Sun Tzu's Art of War, Woods, Sun Bin's Art of War, Sima Fa, Liu Tao, Sanlve and Wei Liaozi.
The military master is Sun Tzu's art of war. China's military strategist has been valued since ancient times, and China's military strategist, that is, strategy and art of war, is also the best in the world. This is the guidance of China's philosophical method. Because for any discipline, as long as we grasp its macro, it will last forever and stand the test of history. Sun Tzu's Art of War is respected by all countries in the world, and it still has its guiding significance after 2500 years. It is precisely because Sun Tzu's Art of War grasps the connotation of war from a macro perspective that it lasts forever.
The development of China's art of war has a long history, which can be traced back to the Jia Jinwen period of Yin Shang, and the real art of war appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The earliest military books are the military records and military affairs of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which have been lost. It can be said that Sun Tzu's Art of War originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty and matured in the Spring and Autumn Period, and its symbol is Sun Tzu's Art of War.
How to grasp the war from a macro perspective is the key to Sun Tzu's Art of War. Because war is a continuation of politics, it is generally related to a country and a nation, and it is related to the life and death or enslavement of a country and a nation. It is very dangerous if we do not grasp the war by the survival of the country or the nation. The macro view of Sun Tzu's Art of War is to make our country or nation invincible in the face of war: before the war comes, first, we must have foresight; First, try to avoid or stop it. After the war:
First, there must be a unified national will to oppose war; First, we must clearly understand the overall situation of the war and organize troops to fight. China Sun Tzu's Art of War covers all the above aspects, which can be discussed in detail from the macro and core. Therefore, The Art of War can also be regarded as a textbook on how to govern the country and formulate national strategies, and how to lead troops to fight and formulate war strategies and tactics.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is such a textbook. Sun Tzu used China's philosophical method, summed up the experience of predecessors, became a master of the art of war, and showed the great wisdom of the Chinese nation. Because war is to be fought, when using China's philosophical method, we should not only grasp the macro view of war, but also pay attention to all aspects of the micro view of war, that is, concrete operation. In other words, we attach importance to metaphysics and emphasize metaphysics, and have both. Moreover, the articles are interrelated and the sentences correspond, which is by no means an armchair strategist.
Sun Tzu's Art of War consists of thirteen articles, each of which has a dominant macro content, and then there are many concrete measures and methods, that is, first summarize the following parts in a macro way, so that everything can be played and used under the macro cover. The first article of The Art of War is the most important, which not only summarizes this article, but also summarizes the whole book. Like the Tao Te Ching, the first sentence at the beginning points out its macro. "The Art of War" said: "Soldiers are a national event. The land of life and death, the way to survive, can not be ignored. " "Soldiers are also a national event" refers to the grand strategy of both the army and the country; We should not only consider our own country, but also pay attention to the dynamics of each country concerned. "The place of life and death, the way of life and death, can not be ignored" means that this is the key to the life and death of the country concerned, and can not be ignored. If we don't pay attention to it, it will be difficult to establish a country, which will bring development or destruction to the survival of the country, people's lives and social and economic development. If we grasp the war from a macro perspective, we can predict the war before it happens, and we can have enough time to formulate coping strategies and try our best to resolve it. This is the meaning of "going up and down" ("planning an attack"). Since "being a soldier is also a national event", then national events cannot be exposed casually. "Soldiers are also cunning" means this, and it applies from top to bottom. As a ruler, after he grasped the macro view of war, he had a foresight, so he must use various methods to stop the war and prevent it from happening. Or in order to carry out the war and win, we must also formulate strategies and tactics. Many colorful war stories in history grasped the war from a macro perspective, deceived the enemy with various tricks and won; In the concrete operation, it is also inseparable from paradox. It can be seen that "Soldiers are Paradox" is a pun that contains both macro and micro aspects. The paradox implies the meaning of Zhuangzi's "hiding the world from the world", and Sun Tzu explained it in a concrete way: "Therefore, it can be obvious, but not obvious, far-reaching and near-obvious." That is to say: yes, you can be an enemy, but you can't be an enemy, so you can hide in the world; Use means that a person or a place is useful, but useless or useless, it will be hidden in the world; The same is true of distance. This method of "hiding the world in the world" is actually realized by grasping the macro, because the macro is to hide the world in the world. It can be seen that grasping the macro, then finding the macro from the world, and then applying it to the strategy of Sun Tzu's Art of War is the concrete application of China's philosophical methods by military strategists. Formulating strategies and tactics is the macro point of military strategists, but it can't be shown to the enemy or made public. It must be hidden in the world so that the enemy can't find it. This is the paradox.
Sun Tzu has a famous saying in "Tactics and Raiders", which corresponds to "going to the army to attack". Its connotation is still that, first of all, we must understand the macro situation and the situation of the warring parties, and use various strategies to achieve the situation of winning without fighting. This not only saves a lot of manpower and material resources, but also avoids casualties and damage to the city and economy. Therefore, "defeating the enemy without fighting" is the best ending in the war. But winning without fighting is not applicable in all cases, and can be implemented according to the changes and conditions of specific situations. Grasping the macro, we can make use of various factors to make the enemy lose confidence in the confrontation and give up without showing any trace.
Once you master the macro view of anything, you can have a thorough understanding and understanding of it. This is the case with Sun Tzu's Art of War, so today, 2500 years later, it still has guiding significance and still plays an important role in formulating strategies and things with competitive connotations. Its connotation and macro stability under the guidance of China's philosophical method are self-evident. Grasping the macro of war, every detail produced in the war has become the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War. From the formulation of strategy, the use of generals, the encouragement of military morale, the preparation of food and grass, the rules of tactics, the formulation of diplomatic strategies, the use of terrain and features in combat, the actual and false changes in troop deployment, the speed of advance and retreat, etc. We can all understand it correctly under the macro guidance. Sun Tzu put forward many famous sentences about this: "Know yourself and know yourself, and you will be invincible"; "Surprise"; "The soldiers are more expensive to win, but not expensive for a long time"; "The image of a soldier is water, a trip to the water, avoiding high and going down; If the soldier wins, he will be empty if he avoids reality. Water is controlled by the land, and soldiers win because of the enemy. Therefore, the soldiers are powerless and invisible. Being able to win because of the enemy's change is called God. Therefore, the five elements are impermanent and the four seasons are impermanent; The days are short and the months are long, and the months die and the months live. (virtual and real) and so on. It can be said that Sun Tzu's application of China's philosophical methods is perfect.