An Overview of Horse Racing Stories in Tianji

Tian Ji, the general of Qi State, likes horse racing very much. On one occasion, he and Qi Weiwang agreed to compete. They agreed to classify their horses into upper, middle and lower classes. During the race, you should mount the horse against the horse, middle horse against the middle horse, and dismount against the horse. Because horses of all grades in Qi Weiwang are much better than those in Tian Ji, Tian Ji failed in several races.

Sun Bin called Tian Ji and said, "I have a way for you to hit him. Just listen to my arrangement. " Gong sounded and the game began. Sun Bin was a bad horse, lost to Qi Weiwang's good horse, and lost the first game. "Then the second game. Sun Bin took the first-class horse to compete with the middle-class horse in Qi Weiwang and won a race.

In the third game, Sun Bin took China and Malaysia against Qi Weiwang's inferior horse and won another game. The result of the game was two out of three. Of course, Tian Ji beat Qi Weiwang. The same horse, because it changes the order of appearance in the race, will get the result of turning defeat into victory.

Tian Ji horse racing comes from Historical Records (Volume 65: The Art of War, Biography of Wu Qi). The main characters in the story are Tian Ji, Sun Bin and Qi Weiwang. This is a famous example in the history of China, which reveals how to use one's own advantages to deal with one's opponent's weaknesses and win the competition.