Chapter 492 Jade Book

As late as the Tang Dynasty, there were three volumes of Sun Tzu's Art of War, of which thirteen were the first volumes, and two were middle and lower. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info commentator Du Mu believes that Cao Cao abridged the 82 articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War into 13 articles, but other commentators believe that the 13 articles were written by Sun Tzu himself, not the result of Cao Cao's abridgement, but were created by Sun Wu and later compiled into a book by his disciples.

The "Art of War" has been circulated abroad, and many writings believe that Japan was the first, followed by Korea. Because these two neighboring countries have had frequent cultural exchanges with China in history, and Japan has sent students to China to study many times during the Nara period, which undoubtedly built a convenient bridge for the eastward transmission of "The Art of War". According to historical records, in 734 AD, that is, in the 22nd year of the Tang Dynasty in its heyday, the Japanese student Kibi Shinbei, who had studied in China for 17 years, returned to his homeland after hardships. This well-educated scholar who also studied civil and military affairs did not carry any silk treasures when he left the prosperous capital of the Tang Dynasty, but used the money given to him by the Tang court to buy books, and returned with a large number of books that recorded the knowledge of Chinese military formations, and taught them to Japanese scribes and military generals after returning to his hometown. According to an ancient Japanese book called "Continuation of the Japanese Chronicle", in the 26th year (760 AD) after Kibi returned to Japan, the Nara Dynasty sent six people, including Kasugabe Sanseki and Nakawei Sheren, to Dazaifu to follow Kibi to learn the knowledge of "Sun Tzu Jiuji", "Zhuge Liang Eight Formations" and the formation of camps and backs. This shows that the batch of classics brought back by Kibi does include the "Art of War", which is regarded as the "Book of War". If this account is accurate, then the Art of War has been introduced to Japan for at least 1,200 years.

Kenji Sato, a well-known Japanese scholar of the art of war, believes that it is too late to say that Kibi Shinbei introduced "The Art of War" to Japan. According to his inference, the Chinese art of war was introduced to Japan as early as 663 AD. In that year, several military artists from Baekje on the Korean Peninsula arrived in Japan, where they led the construction of several castles and were awarded the Medal of Honor for their mastery of the Chinese art of war. Sato speculates that it was probably these Baekje art of war masters who introduced the Chinese Art of War (including, of course, the Art of War) to Japan. His evidence is that in the Nihon Shoki, which was written 57 years later, there is a phrase that "if you take it by surprise, you will break it", which is the same in terms of text and meaning as the "surprise" in the "Art of War: Strategy" and the "unexpected" in the "Fiction and Reality" chapter. The reason for this coincidence is that the compilers of the book, Prince Sato and Tai'an Maro, were already familiar with the words of the Art of War, so they used these words to describe the tactics of the Jimmu Heavenly King's era. Sato's inference pushes back the time when the Art of War was introduced to Japan by more than 70 years, and may thus rewrite the path by which the book was introduced to Japan, that is, the Art of War was not used to sail alone from mainland China to Japan by sea, but was first introduced to the Korean Peninsula during the reign of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, and then to Japan by Baekje art artists.

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The core of the art of war lies in challenging the rules, the only rule is that there are no rules, the art of war is strategy, and strategy is not a small trick, but a grand strategy and great wisdom.

"The Art of War" was written in the late Spring and Autumn Period, is the earliest, most complete and most famous military work handed down in ancient China, occupies a pivotal position in the military history of China, its military thought has had a very far-reaching impact on the Chinese military strategists, politicians, thinkers of all dynasties, it has been translated into Japanese, English, French, German, Russian and other more than a dozen languages, widely circulated all over the world, enjoy the reputation of "the holy book of military science". As a brilliant treasure of Chinese civilization and even world civilization, "The Art of War" is not only a military book, not only an important heritage in Chinese culture, but also a symbol of Chinese wisdom and simple thought.

The significance of "The Art of War" is not only a military work, but also represents the wisdom, thought and culture of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the crystallization of thousands of years of Chinese civilization, and the foundation and source of wisdom of Chinese civilization.

The people of the country revere Sun Tzu as the "saint of soldiers", and the words of Martin van Creveld, a contemporary Israeli strategist, can represent the general comments of foreign countries: "Among all the works on war studies, "Sun Tzu" is the best, while Clausewitz's "On War" can only be relegated to the second. ”

Originally, Ye Xiang still regretted that "The Art of War" was incomplete, but when he finished reading the "Art of War" in a similar way, when he picked up the first page of the jade board book in another box, he was stunned when he saw the three words on the cover!

"Han Feizi"!

"Han Feizi" is a collection of works by Han Fei, a famous thinker and legalist during the Warring States Period. This outstanding thinker, philosopher and essayist at the end of the Warring States period is known as one of the two people who most captured the essence of Lao Tzu's thought!

Han Feizi integrated the "law" of Shang Ying, the "technique" of Shen Bu Harm, and the "potential" of prudence, and was the culmination of Legalist thought; Han Feizi integrated Lao Tzu's dialectics, simple materialism, and law. Han Fei is the son of King Han, a student of Xunzi, and a classmate of Li Si. He is the author of the book "Han Feizi", with a total of 55 articles and more than 100,000 words. It is unique in the prose of the pre-Qin princes, showing that Han Fei attaches great importance to materialism and utilitarianism, and actively advocates the theory of monarchism, with the aim of providing the monarch with the idea of enriching the country and strengthening the army.

Of course, like many famous works of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Legalist classic "Han Feizi" is not the work of Han Fei himself, but edited by later generations after Han Fei's death!

Ye Xiangbao looked at this jade version engraved with "Han Feizi", and was very happy in his heart!

The earliest "Han Feizi" that has been handed down today is only a copy of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and now this jade engraving in his hand directly pushes time forward by more than a thousand years!

It is completely incomparable in preciousness!

What's more, in addition to about 200 pages of "Han Feizi" engraved in ancient Lishu jade, there is also an annotation of "Han Feizi" by Gu Yu Lu Wen!