Personal data:
After Sun Wu became a nobleman of Chen State. In the 13th year of King Jing of Zhou (532 BC), civil strife broke out in Qi, and Sun Wu fled to Wu. After entering Wu, he lived in seclusion for a long time and devoted himself to the research of military science. After He Lv, the king of Wu, ascended the throne, Sun Wu was repeatedly recommended by Wu Zixu, and presented to He Lv thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and was appointed as a general. In the 14th year of the Zhou Dynasty, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu conspired to make use of the contradiction between Tang, Cai and Chu to become Wu's allies.
Then, together with Wu Zixu and He Lv, he led an army to attack Chu, defeated the Chu army in the Battle of Baiju, and seized Du Ying, Chu. When Sun Wu was in his fifties, he stopped planning Wu's foreign war, retired to the countryside to revise Sun Tzu's works on the art of war, and finally died. Sun Wu is honored as a grandson, also known as "the sage of military strategists" and "the sage of military strategists", and has the reputation of "the teacher of military strategists through the ages" and "the originator of eastern military science".
Military career:
In 5 12 BC, he negotiated with Wu Zixu to prepare for the westward invasion. At this time, Wu Zixu "recommended seven grandchildren" and made He Lu agree to meet Sun Wu. When Sun Wu lived in seclusion, he wrote The Art of War. He took his own art of war to see the prince of Wu, and He Lv secretly admired him. The King of Wu appointed Sun Wu as a general, and often discussed various military and political issues with Sun Wu, all of which got satisfactory answers.
In 508 BC (the seventh year of He Lv, King of Wu), Wu adopted Sun Tzu's strategy of "breaking off diplomatic relations" and instigated Guo Tong to rise up against Chu. Then, Shu Jiushi deceived the Chu people and said, "If Chu learns from Wu and Wu is afraid of Chu, he can cut Dong instead of Chu." In October, Wu Jun was defeated by the Truman unprepared; Then he conquered the lair and captured Dr. Chu's son Fan alive.
Major achievements:
After the civil strife in the state of Qi in 532 BC (the 13th year of King Jing of Zhou), Sun Wu resolutely went to the southern State of Wu, devoted himself to studying the art of war, and wrote thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War. In 5 12 BC (twenty-three years), Sun Wu took thirteen articles of The Art of War to see the prince of Wu under the repeated recommendation of Wu Zixu, a counselor.
When answering the question of the king of Wu, Sun Wu's comments were shocking, unique and profound, which aroused the deep resonance of the king of Wu who was bent on dominating the king. He praised Sun Wu's opinions many times, and asked Sun Wu to take 180 ladies-in-waiting to practice and test Sun Wu's military talents face to face, so he appointed Sun Wu as a guest of general.