1324, 14-year-old Liu Ji entered the county to study. When he was studying, he learned Chunqiu from his teacher. This is an obscure and concise Confucian classic, which is difficult to read, especially for beginners, who just read the book and don't understand its meaning.
However, Liu Ji is different. He can not only meditate twice, but also express himself implicitly according to the meaning of the text, saying things that no one has said before. The teacher was so surprised that he thought he had read it, so he tried several other paragraphs, which Liu Ji could understand and know the main points. The teacher admired him very much and secretly praised him: "What a genius! He must not be an ordinary person in the future! "
1327, Liu Ji left the county in the third year, studied Neo-Confucianism with Zheng Fuchu, a famous scholar in Chuzhou, and received practical education from Confucianism. Liu Ji's extraordinary cleverness once again touched the teacher. In an interview, Zheng Fuchu praised Liu Ji's father and said, "Your ancestors accumulated profound virtues and sheltered future generations. This child is so excellent that he will shine at your door in the future. "
Liu Ji reads widely, and a hundred schools of thought contend, reading everything, especially astronomy, geography, art of war and mathematics. He also has a special hobby. He devoted himself to studying and thinking, and soon mastered it.
On one occasion, he visited Huizhou, the birthplace of Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Cheng, and learned that there was a Liu Jia gobbledygook in Fushan, Liu Jia, in Nanxiang, Shexian County, so he secretly went to Fushan to explore the secrets, where he found a book called The Secret Book of Daoism.
This book has enabled him to master a lot of knowledge about odd-numbered games. Liu Ji is famous. His hometown people compared him to Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu in the Three Kingdoms period, and Wei Zhi, a famous figure in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that he has the talents of Kong Ming and Kevin·Z.
1333, 23-year-old Liu Ji went to Yuan Dadu to take the exam and was admitted to Jinshi in one fell swoop. 1336, Liu Ji was named Gao' an County, Jiangxi by the imperial court. During his tenure, he was diligent and strictly enforced the law, and soon made achievements, so he was loved by the local people.
Since then, Liu Ji has served as a large and small official. Due to the exclusion of villains, Liu Ji lost interest in being an official, so he resigned and lived in seclusion.
At the end of the yuan dynasty, the movement against the rule of the yuan dynasty surged. Among many uprising teams, the uprising team headed by Zhu Yuanzhang is very strong and has been supported by people. Liu Ji complied with the current situation, assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, established the Great Ming Dynasty, and made great contributions to the establishment of a new dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang called Liu Ji "my ovary" many times.
Liu Jiji is a man of great literary talent and military talent. He goes up to astronomy and down to geography. He knows that 800 years ago and 500 years later. He is famous for his clever calculation and strategic planning. He has a high literary talent and has written many famous articles, including Jade Ion, Love Story and Spring and Autumn Annals.
On the military side, he wrote the legendary art of war book Hundred Wars. Hundreds of Battles is a wonderful work of military science, which not only inherits the essence of China's ancient military thought, but also develops some problems. For example, with regard to the operational principles of quick victory and lasting defense, Hundreds of Battles holds that under the circumstances that we are outnumbered and victory is in sight, we should adopt an offensive war of quick victory against the invading enemy. However, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, the enemy is outnumbered and the victory or defeat is uncertain, a long-term defensive war should be adopted.
This guiding ideology, which can adopt different operational principles according to the actual situation of the enemy and ourselves, has developed in both understanding and practice compared with the theory of quick victory, which is simply emphasized in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Hundreds of battles not only inherited and developed ancient military thoughts, but also collected and recorded a large number of ancient war examples. In 100, there are many kinds of war cases with large scale, deep influence and distinctive features: the battle of Qilu Changshao, the battle of flood, the battle of Chengpu, the battle of Li Ze, the battle of Maling, the battle of Liaodong and the battle of Monan.
Many contradictory phenomena in the army are opposite and complementary. Hundreds of battles are from strong and weak, more and less, virtual and real, advance and retreat, attack and defense, victory and defeat, security and danger, strangeness and righteousness, separation and combination, love and prestige, reward and punishment, subject and guest, labor and interest, slow and speed, benefit and harm, light and heavy, life and death, and so on.
Starting from the ever-changing objective reality of war, The Wonders of Hundreds of Battles touches on the law of interdependence and mutual transformation between the two contradictory sides under certain conditions. For example, in the comparative analysis of the contradictory phenomenon of "victory and defeat", it has been recognized that victory hides the seeds of failure, and failure contains the factors of victory and the regularity of mutual transformation between victory and failure under certain conditions.
It further believes that after winning the battle, "don't be arrogant and lazy, but prepare day and night." If you "rely on your own victory and let yourself drift", you will turn victory into failure.
"Hundreds of Battles" also recognizes that the condition for turning defeat into victory is to accept lessons, prepare for war seriously and give correct operational guidance.
Hundreds of battles holds that the two contradictory aspects of "more and less" are also mutually transformed under certain conditions. It pointed out that under the situation that the enemy is outnumbered, as long as I give full play to my subjective initiative, implement correct operational guidance and adopt the tactics of "confusing the enemy with shape", I can disperse the enemy's forces and create a favorable situation for myself.
In the analysis of the contradiction between life and death, Hundreds of Battles holds that if you are "afraid of getting cold feet and want to live, you will be killed." This means that if you are afraid of death in battle, you are in danger of being killed if you fail.
On the other hand, if you can "get rid of your troubles, you win." This means that if you fight with mortal determination, you will surely win and survive.
It can be seen that Hundred Wars has realized that life and death are also transformed into each other under certain conditions. Fear of death is the condition for the transformation from survival to death; And heroic fighting is the condition of changing from death to life. This is undoubtedly the correct conclusion that conforms to the dialectical point of view.
Hundreds of battles is divided into 10 volumes. One volume is divided into: war planning, war planning, intermittent war, election campaign, foot war, riding war, boat war, car war, letter war and teaching war. The second volume is divided into: multi-war, less-war, love war, threat war, reward war, punishment war, main battle, guest war, strong war and weak war.
Volume 3: arrogant war, engagement, shape war, potential war, Japanese war, night war, preparation for war, food war, guiding war and knowing war; Volume 4: Refusal to fight, Anti-Japanese War, Ground War, Mountain War, Valley War, Offensive War, Defending War, First War and Later War.
Volume five points: odd war, positive war, virtual war, actual war, light war, heavy war, beneficial war, harmful war, security war and dangerous war; Volume six points: fight to death, fight to live, fight to be hungry, fight to be full, fight to be tired, escape, win, lose, advance and retreat.
Volume seven points: challenge, war, distant war, melee, water war, fire war, slow war, quick war, total war and chaotic war; Volume 8: Divide wars, join wars, furious wars, gas wars, one-on-one wars, returning wars, not fighting, fighting, avoiding wars and encircling wars.
Volume nine points: voice war, peace war, receiving war, surrender war, sky war, human war, difficult war, easy war, separation war and bait war; Volume 10: The wars of doubt, poverty, wind, snow, support, fear, books, change, belligerence and oblivion.
Hundreds of battles is a monograph on ancient military theory with the theme of discussing operational principles and methods. It occupies an important position in the development of ancient military thought and art. Since its birth, it has been highly praised by military strategists, published many times and widely circulated.
Later generations of military theorists praised the book Hundred Wars, calling it "the wonderful use of troops, which the military strategists regarded as unprepared." It is believed that as long as "the soldier is familiar with his heart at ordinary times, if he is psychologically prepared for something, and if he is prepared to face the enemy, he can use his camera flexibly", he can succeed.