Chapter 8: The Mystery of The Art of War
There were no entertainment facilities in Uncle Sun's old villa, and after a period of dull days, Le Su gradually felt bored. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, Le Su can be regarded as a person who can endure loneliness, but compared with Ma Qian, he still has a lot of gaps in this regard.
Marcy doesn't pick a lot of books, and she can read them several times over and over again.
"It's been a long time since we've been to the town down the mountain, let's go down the mountain and relax." Lesu said as he put a book back on the shelf.
"There's nothing fun in the city, and it takes a day to get there, and it's a waste of time to stay there for a while and come back." Marcie clearly didn't want to go down the mountain.
"Waste of time?!" Le Su was deeply skeptical: "We are trapped in this day now, time is almost infinite, even if it is not a big deal to waste a day, right?" ”
Ma Qian closed the book in her hand and said to Le Su seriously, "Who knows when the infinite loop of this day will end?" So let's talk about the descent in a few days. ”
"As long as you don't really want to leave, today will never end."
"There are no absolutes."
Marcy's words were "absolutely" correct no matter how you look at them, and Le Su couldn't raise an objection, so he took another book and forced himself to read it.
After reading it for a while, Lesu still couldn't sink into the book. His reading is sometimes good and bad, even if it is the same book, sometimes he can read it without sleep and food, and sometimes it is boring.
Obviously, Le Su is not in the state of reading books now, so he wants to chat with Ma Qian and change his mood.
"Marsie, what kind of book are you reading?" Lesu asked.
"The Art of War...... Eighty-two. ”
"Eighty-two ?!!" Le Su's jaw almost dropped in shock, "Are you sure it's Sun Tzu's Art of War?" ”
Ma Qian felt strange and responded: "Of course, Uncle Sun is a descendant of his grandson, isn't it normal to have a copy of "The Art of War" in the house?" ”
"If this were normal, then China would have a population of 8.2 billion."
"What do you mean by that?" Marcy still didn't quite understand.
"Everyone knows that there are thirteen chapters in the Art of War, where did you get the eighty-two chapters in this book?"
"What the world knows! Girls are not interested in fighting and killing, how can they know about this kind of thing? ”
There is a sequence of hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, and Le Su's previous words of "everyone in the world knows" are indeed exaggerated, but what is going on with these superfluous sixty-nine articles?
"Can I read this book? It's problematic to think about it. ”
Marcy handed the book to Lesu, "What's wrong with that?" Just don't break it. ”
"I'll be careful, and if I break it, I'll be back to normal tomorrow."
Le Su carefully took the eighty-two chapters of "The Art of War", this book looks a little old, although it does not seem to have been handed down from ancient times to the present, but at least it is not a contemporary thing.
Le Su's ancient literary level is also average, and after a cursory look at it for a while, in addition to the opening "soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, you must not ignore it", he can also understand some familiar sentences.
…… Soldiers are expensive, not long...... Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good of the bad is also good; A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good...... Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles......
"I can't tell if it's true or not, or tomorrow we'll go down the mountain to the city and check this matter by the way." Lesu suggested.
Marcy also wanted to know what was going on, nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's go to the city tomorrow to have a look." ”
"In fact, when it comes to "The Art of War", in addition to being useful for real wars, it can also be used for enterprise management, market competition and even competitive sports, which can be said to be a strange book." Lesu said.
"I've heard of this book before, and it's called the_art_of_war in English, and it's also very influential outside of China."
"However, although this book has a high historical status, it has not been determined who wrote it for a long period of time, so I guess you haven't heard of it, right?"
Ma Qian shook her head and replied, "I don't know about this, but isn't Sun Tzu's Art of War written by Sun Tzu?" ”
"But there are two masters of war in history who are called Sun Tzu, and it is also possible that someone else wrote it under their name, so this matter has been full of fog."
"Which two?" Marsie's curiosity was hooked by Lesu.
"One is Sun Wu, the general of Wu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the other is Sun Bin of Qi in the middle of the Warring States Period, it is said that Sun Bin is still a descendant of Sun Wu."
"So who wrote it?"
"It's a very complex issue that has been debated for a long time in the academic community. Some people think that it was written by Sun Wu, some people think that it was compiled by Sun Bin, and even said that it was forged by others, and it was compiled by Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms era. ”
"How did you figure it out in the end?"
"It's archaeology that solves this problem." Le Su replied: "In the second half of the twentieth century, the Art of War and the Art of War were unearthed in bamboo slips, so that the author of the Art of War was identified as Sun Wu. ”
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Due to the experience of going down the mountain last time, Ma Qian and Le Su went out relatively smoothly this time, and arrived at the commercial street in the city in the early afternoon.
The two read a few books about "The Art of War" in the bookstore, and the main part of the text is indeed thirteen articles, which are only about 5,000 words.
The books in the bookstore were still limited, and the two searched the Internet for materials related to "The Art of War".
There are more kinds of things on the Internet, and there are a lot of related researches, but the information is relatively messy, and it is very troublesome to integrate.
"Ma Qian, you see that this "Art of War" document is relatively large, if it is in classical Chinese, it should be as simple as thirteen."
"Open it up and take a look, if it's consistent with the content of my book, maybe it can corroborate each other."
Ma Qian and Le Su then began to read this relatively large "Art of War" document, and only after reading it did they realize that this "Art of War" was accompanied by commentary, and there was also a detailed introduction to Sun Tzu's life.
At the end of the document, there are also two paragraphs: "The copyright of "The Art of War" provided by this site belongs to the author Sun Wu. The plot content and book review of "The Art of War" are his personal actions and have nothing to do with the website. ”
"The work is for readers to preview only, please delete within 24 hours of downloading, and may not be used for commercial purposes; In order to allow the author "Sun Wu" to provide more and better works, please buy genuine books! ”
This is obviously a discourse added in the Internet age, and it makes sense for a book that is relatively new to copyright. It probably means that this website only provides download previews, and if the downloader has any improper use, everything has nothing to do with the website.
At this time, more than 2,000 years have passed since Sun Wu's death, and even if there was such a thing as intellectual property rights at that time, it would have long expired by now.
Looking at the disclaimer that the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth, there is really a feeling that makes people cry and laugh.