About the Game: Wiki | Fandom ",The Spring and Autumn period (c. 770-476 BCE) was a turbulent time in Chinese history. The Easter Zhou dynasty maintained a tenuous grip on power as their vassals battled for survival and hegemony. Yet scientific and intellectual pursuits flowered amidst the chaos. Improvements in agriculture... Sun Tzu. The Spring and Autumn period (c. 770-476 BCE) was a turbulent time in Chinese history. The Easter Zhou dynasty maintained a tenuous grip on power as their vassals battled for survival and hegemony. Yet scientific and intellectual pursuits flowered amidst the chaos. Improvements in agriculture led to a population boom. China entered the Iron Age and invented the crossbow. The so-called 'Hundred Schools of Thought' like Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Mohism were founded by luminary philosophers. Standing tall among these brillant thinkers is Sun Tzu." "Tradition holds that he was born Sun Wu in 544 BCE in either the state of Qi or Wu. The name familiar to Westerners includes the honorific title Tzu and literally means 'Master Sun.' IN all likelihood he belonged to an aristocratic clan whose family trade was military strategy. Whether or not he was a native of Wu, he eventually ended up in the employ of its King Helü. The Records of the Grand Historian. The Records of the Grand Historian claim that Sun Tzu acted as one of the main commanders for Wu during their decisive defeat of Chu in 506." "More important to posterity than his actual career is his timeless treatise on strategy, The Art of War. Evidently his theories were little use in the Warring States era that followed the Sprig and Autumn period, although during this time an alleged descendant names Sun Bin wrote a companion work with the same title. But the man who at last unified China, Qin Shi Huang, achieved his goal because he obeyed Sun Tzu's precepts. He pursued complete victory rather than adhering to aristocratic niceties that limited the ability of the state to expand its power." "The influence of Sun Tzu only grew as time went on. The founders of the Han Dynasty fought in accordance with his teachings. Warlords during the Three Kingdoms era, including another supposed descendant called Sun Jian, studied his work. The Art of War became popular in medieval Japan and was favored by its three great unifiers. Mao Zedong adapted it to his own style of guerrilla warfare, and some maxims in his 'Little Red Book' are virtually indistinguishable from the ancient master's: attack with overwhelming force, avoid prolonged sieges, and so on." "The Art of War has gained quite a bit of currency in the West as well. It may have guided Napoleons's tactical innovations and has been directly cited by modern U.S. generals from Noman Schwarzkopf to David Petraeus. Not only is it required reading in military academies worldwide, it has also been applied to diverse leadership and conflict situations off the battlefield. dominations hack android domi nation game hack dominations generator
