Battles and Tactics in Ancient China"s Military Affairs

The book, known as the "One hundred non-Canonic strategies", is a compendium tactical tactical councils and historical examples elected to illustrate individual instructions contained in the discussion of tactical principles. Although the tradition calls the author of this work Liu Bo Wen, authorship remains subject of discussion. Probably, the author occupied a fairly high post in the military hierarchy in the era of the South Sun dynasty and, perhaps, completed his work at the beginning of the Mongolian period, judging by the deep understanding of political factors influencing military actions, and extensive readiness in military treatises and in historical writings. In addition, although a lot of famous battles are mentioned in the book, some of the battles described here are extracted from the gloom of oblivion, testifying to the amazing knowledge of the author and inherent in a thorough analytical approach. Thus, the ability of the author to introduce abstract military principles to specific contexts allows us immeasurably to understand the foggy, often even mysterious Chinese military treatises and see how the tactical principles are embodied by commander for two thousand years