A Study On The Compilation Of Martial Arts Books By The Lower-ranking Scholars In The Middle And Late Ming Dynasty

In the middle and late Ming dynasty,the abolition of armaments is facing a serious frontier crisis.Taking the the thirties of Wanli as the boundary,the frontier crisis from the 20 th year of Jiajing to the end of Ming Dynasty was divided into two stages.Thirty years before Wanli,the frontier crisis was mainly concentrated on the issue of southern pirates and northern prisoners.Thirty years after Wanli,as the Jurchens really became stronger,Jin was established after 44 years of Wanli,and the focus of the border crisis shifted to the Liaodong War and the Later Jin Dynasty.Twenty-nine years in Jiajing,Southern pirates Warriors and Northern Warriors became comparable frontier crises,setting off a wave of compiling martial arts.Military generals such as Yu Dayou,Qi Jiguang,and others compiled training books.The patrol governor and Yushi also left a large number of military strategy books.A large number of frontier and coastal defense books appeared.Among the lower-ranking scholars,there appeared lower-ranking scholars represented by Zhao Benxue’s Taoqian,Zheng Ruozeng’s Chouhaitubian,Jiangnan Jinglue,Wumingshi’s Caolujinglue,and He Liangchen’s Zhenji Compiled martial arts book.From the 30 th year of Wanli to the last year of Chongzhen,the rise of Jurchens made the border crisis in Ming Dynasty unprecedentedly serious.The atmosphere of talking about military has made a large number of military books come into existence,but although the number of military books in the late Ming Dynasty is large,the quality is uneven,and most military books are criticized.The lower-ranking scholars witnessed the hardships and made every effort,trying to figure out how to use troops in order to save the world and save the people.The representative lower-level scholars’ military strategy books include Mao Yuanyi’s Wubeizhi,Yan Jiheng’s Ninety-nine Strategies,Yu Longde’s Secretary Bingheng,and Cao Fei’s Three Strategies for Strategies.The reasons for the compilation of martial arts books by lower-level scholars in the middle and late Ming Dynasty are complex.Due to the quota system implemented by the imperial examinations,it made the lower-level scholars more difficult on the way to the Imperial Examination in the middle and late Ming Dynasty,and the treatment brought by the identities of the students was difficult to guarantee a basic life.Among many choices at that time,they embarked on a journey to compile soldiers’ books,which was closely related to the social environment and living conditions at that time.People generally paid attention to the changes in the border areas.The enthusiasm of the scholars to talk about the soldiers increased.Although the status of the lower-ranking scholars was not high,they showed a high sense of social responsibility and patriotism.The lower-ranking scholars all planned to play a sparse and devoted martial art strategy,and wrote a book to say that in order to save Ming Dynasty.They chose a way for the scholars to enter the curtain,which can both make a difference and make a living.By entering the shogunate of generals and officials,they advised them.Some lower-ranking scholars followed the curtain master’s birth and death,and made great contributions in the war,and were able to confer low official positions.In the late Ming Dynasty,the active participation of lower-ranking scholars in military affairs and the activities of lower-ranking scholars after the Ming Dynasty demonstrated their traditional sense of responsibility.