During the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Wu was a hermit, and when he was living in seclusion, he had already written the "Art of War of Sun Tzu"; Wu Zixu knew that this powerful figure was very important to the powerful and prosperous State of Wu, so he recommended Sun Tzu to Lu Lu seven times; just as Sima Hui and Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period.
Sun Wu came to see King Wu with his art of war, and he was amazed and appointed Sun Wu as a general of Wu; he often discussed various military and political issues with military masters, and then the master began to shine in history.
In the ninth year of the reign of King Wu (hé) Lu (lǘ), the Wu army adopted the strategy of "because of grain to the enemy", eating the food of the Chu people and continuing to pursue; after five major battles, it took only ten days to attack the Chu capital yǐng.
In 494 BC, King Gou of Yue attacked the state of Wu; Sun Wu arranged many deceitful soldiers at night, divided into two wings, lit torches, and attacked the Vietnamese army, which was soon defeated; after several defeats in succession, Gou Jian had to humiliate and ask For peace with Wu Wangfu.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is very wonderful, 6075 words, the Tao has exhausted the essence of the game; Sun Tzu is also very free, there is a chance to do things, can not do things, even if you can't do things, don't play, retreat and then live in seclusion.
Briefly introduce some of the essence of the historical old man's thoughts:
1. The so-called good use of soldiers in the ancient world can make the enemy incompatible with each other; the multitude and widow are not ashamed (shì), the nobles and the lowly do not save each other, and the upper and lower levels are not received; the pawns (zú) are separated but not gathered, and the soldiers are not aligned; they move in harmony with profit, and they do not stop at the benefit of profit
The so-called good use of soldiers in ancient times can make the enemy backward and backward incompatible: those who are good at using troops can make the enemy troops unable to respond to each other; often the battle line is stretched too long, resulting in the final defeat of the entire campaign.
The masses do not respect each other, the nobles do not save each other, and the upper and lower levels do not receive each other: the main force and the small troops cannot rely on each other, and the officers and men cannot save each other, so that the enemy army loses contact with each other.
The enemy soldiers are scattered and unable to concentrate their strength, but the team is not neatly assembled; a disorder is naturally dangerous, and when it is chaotic, it is easy to be defeated, and it can be replaced by chaos.
Move in line with the interests of the people, and stop when they do not conform to the interests of our army: Act in accordance with the interests of our army, and stop if they do not conform to the interests of our army. In daily life, we must always be vigilant about ourselves, not just to fight for a breath of evil, but to fight with people, waste energy and time; lose the heart more hatred, win there is no practical benefit.
2. Whoever is the way of the guest, the deep is specialized, the master is not satisfied; the plunder (lüè) in the wilderness (ráo), the three armies are sufficient to eat; the jǐn is raised and not labored, and the strength is accumulated, and the military planning is unpredictable
Whoever is a guest, deep is specialized, and the master is not restrained: entering the enemy country, has already gone deep into the enemy's territory, the soldier will naturally concentrate on fighting, desperately, the enemy can not win.
Plundering the wilderness, the three armies have enough food: plundering grain and grass in the rich wilderness makes the three armies have sufficient food. Just as the so-called soldiers and horses did not move grain and grass first, grain is very important for the support of the troops, and if it is lacking or even not there, then we must try our best to eat the enemy.
Be careful not to work, and accumulate strength, and move troops into a plan, for the unfathomable: carefully preserve the physical strength of the soldiers from fatigue, improve morale and accumulate strength, deploy troops to perform the plan, so that the enemy feels that our side is really unfathomable.
3. It is for this reason that his soldiers do not practice and abstain, do not seek but receive, do not agree to kiss, do not order but believe, forbid (xiáng) to doubt, until death there is nothing
Therefore, his soldiers do not practice caution: soldiers are fighting in the dead, do not need governance, and naturally have a wary heart.
Don't ask for it: You don't need to ask for it, you have a sense of combat.
Invariably close to each other: Unity can be approached without restraint, and at this moment, unity is strength.
Don't be convinced: You don't have to give serious orders to be disciplined.
Forbidden to doubt: Prohibit superstitious thoughts and eliminate doubts.
There is nothing to die: soldiers will not flee until they die; because if they flee within the enemy's territory, they will be left alone, and they will be more troublesome.
4. The affairs of the general: quiet and quiet, and rule by righteousness; the eyes and ears of the fooling soldier (zú) and making them ignorant; the easy things, the reform of their plots, making people ignorant; the easy dwelling, the detour (yū) of their way, making people worry
The general's affairs are quiet and quiet, and the rule is correct: the general must be calm and unfathomable, just and good at governance.
Fool the eyes and ears of the soldiers, make them ignorant: they can deceive the eyes and ears of the soldiers, so that they have no idea about military planning. Once we know, we will inevitably discuss, spread, and be more likely to be captured by the enemy; or internal discussion will be discussed, feeling that it is impossible to win, and shaking the hearts and minds of the army is very unfavorable to the whole war.
Easy things, change their plans, and make people ignorant: Constantly changing combat tasks, often changing action plans, making it impossible to understand the intentions.
Easy to live in, circuitous, and unconcerned: constantly changing the station of the army, choosing a circuitous marching route, making it impossible to grasp the true intentions.
When Sun Wu was in his fifties, his close friend Wu Zixu committed suicide by giving him a sword because he was suspected of rebellion by his husband; he no longer contributed to the foreign wars of the State of Wu, but instead lived in seclusion in the countryside and revised his works on the art of war.
Ming Dynasty Lü Tiancheng "Qu Pin School Record. Nengpin(Nengpin): Sun Tzu Thirteen, Xing Wu, Wu Ji Bayi; GongCheng is hidden, and Gai does not want to be the wrath of Xu (xū) Jiang's angry Tao'er.
From retirement to his death, Sun Wu never left the State of Wu, and died and was buried on the outskirts of Wudu.
Yuan Kang of the Eastern Han Dynasty," "Yue Jie Shu Ji Wu Di Biography": In present-day Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Xiangcheng District, Wumen Outer Tomb, Wu Wang Ke Qi Sun Wu Tsuka ye, went to the county ten miles.