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The ancients said: a thousand troops are easy to get, but generals are hard to find. Liu Bang worshipped Han Xin as a general, went out to destroy Chu in Hanzhong and unified the whole country. Liu Bei, assisted by Kong Ming, survived in the cracks and dominated the party. What is the most basic quality of being an excellent commander in chief? In this issue of Lecture Hall of Chinese Civilization, Professor Ma Jun talks about five essentials, which is the prelude to Sun Tzu's Art of War.
The above passage is the words of a propaganda film in the "Lecture Hall of Chinese Civilization" column of Beijing TV Satellite TV Channel after the Spring Festival in 2008. It is about Sun Tzu's Art of War by Professor Ma Jun from the Strategy Teaching and Research Section of the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Professor Ma Jun has a long-standing reputation and is very famous among the audience. He was a guest in CCTV's Lecture Room and also appeared in the column of Beijing TV's Lecture Room for Famous Teachers. However, both of them focused on the Second World War and spoke brilliantly. Why did he suddenly switch to the Art of War?
For this question, I noticed that Professor Ma Jun answered the reporter like this. He said that almost all foreign military experts will talk about Sun Tzu's Art of War in their speeches at the National Defense University. During World War II, British Marshal Montgomery also said during his visit to China: "I suggest that all military academies in the world should take Sun Tzu's Art of War as a teaching. ...