One of my brother's art books is Sun Tzu's Art of War, right?

The earliest art book in China was Sun Zi (Spring and Autumn Period). Sun Wu [on Sun Bin]. Also known as Sun Tzu's Art of War, Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Wu's Art of War or Sun Wu's Art of War.

It is generally believed that Sun Tzu's Art of War is the earliest military book in China and the oldest in the world, and it is known as "the teacher of one hundred generations of military strategists". In fact, before Sun Tzu, a large number of art books appeared in China. Ye Amin said in Cao that "the Yellow Emperor is the father of the art of war", but this statement has not been confirmed so far. According to physical objects and literature records, during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, witches and historians had to pray for the emperor's good or bad luck from ghosts and gods whenever there were major activities such as conquest, sacrifice and hunting, and wrote the Oracle and divination results on Oracle bones.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the inscription "inscriptions on bronze inscriptions" appeared, which also contained many contents about military affairs and wars. There are many chapters in the ancient book Shangshu, which are recorded in this respect.

In ancient China, the word "soldier" had the meanings of weapons, military affairs and fighting. People used to refer to ancient military works as "art books".

Many people in ancient China made immortal contributions to military research, so there are many kinds of military books, and their contents are also very rich, generally including: military strategy, military system, battle plan, water attack, water war, vehicle war, weapons and equipment, housing (reconnaissance and disintegration of the enemy), power of attorney (reserve), horse attack, military doctor, divination and so on. Historically, most successful military strategists have been familiar with the art of war since childhood. Among them, Cao Cao also wrote some works on the study of ancient art of war, such as "A Brief Introduction to Art of War" and "A Brief Introduction to Art of War". Li Jing, a famous Tang Dynasty star, attached great importance to studying the art of war from an early age. In 625 AD, Li Jing led 3,000 Qingqi, traveled thousands of miles to the west, beheaded more than 10,000 soldiers and captured 65,438+10,000 soldiers. He captured the enemy chief Li Jie Khan alive and tried to pacify the Turks in one fell swoop. He once compiled the experience of studying Sun Tzu's art of war all his life and applying Sun Tzu's art of war theory to his military career into "Asked by Emperor Taizong and Li Weiguo". Cai E, a modern military strategist in China, went to Yunnan in the spring of191and was ordered to write training materials for the army. He sorted out Zeng Guofan's and Hu Linyi's remarks about running the army, named them "Quotations of Zeng Hu's Running the Army", and printed and distributed them to the troops for drills, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan army and played an important role in the war against Yuan.

China's ancient art of war not only occupies an important position in China's academic thought, but also enjoys a high reputation in the world. Several important military books have been spread abroad for a long time and have been translated into Japanese, French, German, English, Russian and other languages for publication. During the Tokugawa shogunate, many people studied Zhao Benxue's Notes on Sun Tzu in the Ming Dynasty. In the intense battle, Napoleon has been reading Sun Tzu's Art of War. After Kaiser Wilhelm II failed to launch the First World War, he read Sun Tzu's Art of War and lamented that if he had read this book 20 years ago, he would not have fallen to this point.

Indeed, Sun Tzu's Art of War, written by Sun Wu, a Qi man in China at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, can be said to be a masterpiece of China's Art of War. Sun Tzu's The Art of War won the admiration of the whole world for its profound thoughts, and established its position as a "military classic" in China's feudal society. Sun Wu once used his own military books to guide military training. Sun Wu served as the strategist of the king of Wu. The king of Wu first inspected his actual ability to train the army, and specially mobilized 80 beautiful women in the palace/kloc-0 to let Sun Wu practice on the spot. Sun Wu commanded decisively and cooperated tacitly, and immediately beheaded two ladies-in-waiting who were deeply loved by the prince of Wu and did not obey orders. This group of playful and noisy beautiful women was quickly trained into a neat and orderly team. Sun Wu helped the prince "break Chu in the west and Qi Jin in the north" and became a prominent overlord for a while.