Jie Xuan And His Art Of War

The Ming Dynasty is a big climax period in the history of the development of the art of war,the military increased the number of books a lot more than the previous generation, most of which is made by scholars, on the occasion of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, more social unrest make military issues become the focus of attention,especially with the development of practical knowledge,scholars explore on military issues become a social atmosphere,they are eager to be able to save the nation. Jiezi's Art of War is a typical representativev by Jiexuan.This paper systematically and comprehensively discussed the ideas of Jiezi's Art of War based on three aspects:The first part discusses the background of Jiezi's Art of War, it made in the Ming Dynasty,the special military status of the Ming Dynasty make people remain highly concerned about military issues,civil officials command military commanders in politically and practical knowledge developed in the late Ming Dynasty promoting the development of scholars explore on military issues.Family environment and social interaction also had an important role in guiding for his academic interests.The second part discusses the main content of Jiezi's Art of War from concept of war, generals concept, strategy concept,army management and tactical thinking,which can reflect the ancient military thought is profound.The third part with the Wu Jing Qi Shu for comparison,discusses the Jiezi's Art of War inherit and develop the art of war of the previous generation.By discussing their military thinking,both show the profound ancient war thinking,but also play a reference role for the development of modern military theory.