The Study On Strategic Thoughts Of Questions And Replies Between Tang Tai Zong And Li Wei Gong

Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong is the successor and innovator of China’s strategic thought,and it adopts the recording methods of"equal emphasis on the matter and the reason" and "dialogue style" to talk about military,which makes the text full of tension.And excavating its rich thoughts of strategy and grand strategy,which has important theoretical and practical significance.The development of the strategic thought in Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong is closely related to the mode of strategic thinking.What kind of way of thinking will form what kind of strategic thoughts.Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong builds a systematic image group of strategy around the core image such as "The greatest conquer requires no killing","Change of Yin and Yang","Jing Tian","Moderation","Governance Power" and so on.And it illustrates the meaning and function of the strategic theory of "Temple Calculation" and "Zheng Bing" by investigating the Battle of Fei Shui,the Battle of Huo Yi,"Li Jing pacified The Turks","Zhu Ge Liang’s seven captures of Meng Huo".It has enriched the meaning of the dialectical categories of traditional Chinese strategy,such as Yin and Yang,Qi and Zheng,Virtual and Real,Subject and Object,Offense and Defense,etc.The interaction between the forces of the enemy or competition requires the strategic subject to adapt to the changes,and to win by surprise,and the adaptability contains the spark of innovation.The above contents respectively constitute the image,history,dialectics and innovative thinking modes in Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong.Strategic thinking determines the basic style of strategic principles.Strategic principles are universal and fundamental strategic truths.Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong inherits and innovates the China’s traditional strategic principles and forms the unique strategic principle of its own,which runs through its strategic thought and practice.And its strategic principles mainly consists two parts:one is the basic strategic principle,and the other is the strategic principle of governing the army.The content of basic strategic principles includes:the cautious war view of "fine weapons are ill-omened tools",the temple calculation view of "knowing the enemy and knowing myself’,the theory of psychological warfare of "stimulating army’s victorious spirit" the strategic initiative theory of "controlling the freedom of action to contain the enemy",the theory of strategic guidance of "neither a great victory nor a great defeat",etc.The strategic principles of governing the army involve commanding generals,unifying troops,training and so on.And both of them take the overall national security interests as the value pursuit.The strategic principle and strategic value orientation in Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong have some degree of unity.The strategic value of Questions and Replies Between Tang Tax Zong and Li Wei Gong is mainly reflected in the strategic value practice model of "The World and China" of royal system.This model has two core meanings:on the one hand,it adheres to the value orientation of the unity of the destiny of the world.And both of them traced the origin of the art of war and strategy to the "The Well Fields System"and "Kingship" based on the vision of the world.They believe that there is no difference between the people in the world,and the difference between the Fan and Han is caused by their different lifestyles.Therefore,it is necessary to be kind,and trust and comfort them to eliminate the differences between the Fan and Han.On the other hand,adhering to the central government can strongly control over China.In this way,it not only shows the legitimacy of the regime of the Central Plains Dynasty,but also a necessary condition for the orderly world order.From the perspective of values,Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong integrates the interests of the world and China,and constitutes the basis of its strategic thoughts.And the strategic values of Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong determine the basic direction of its strategic practice.The view of strategic realm in Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong includes two aspects.One is the evaluation of strategic thinking and strategic practice levels,and the other is the explanation of the realm of strategic research of Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong.The first aspect is that Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong transforms Sun Zi’s "Five Things"(Dao,Heaven,Earth,General and Law)into the"three-level"(Dao,Heaven and Earth,General and Law)of the strategic realm.Focusing on the core image,Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong deeply explained the meaning of the "three-leve" of the strategic realm through different theories and cases.Among them,the realm of "Dao" is the highest strategic realm,it is the most subtle and micro,and "the greatest conquer requires no killing",which realizes the unity of strategic value rationality and instrumental rationality.The second aspect is that,Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong is not only a book on strategy,and it has made insightful interpretations of traditional strategic classics such as The Art of War,The Methods of Sima,Wei Liao Zi and so on,but also it is a work on strategy research,which can be analyzed from the four realms of history,science,art and philosophy.The dimension of Grand Strategy is higher than the specific strategy.The view of Grand Strategy of Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong determines the specific strategy,which is the core idea of the strategic thoughts of this book,and it is just like an implicit clue running through the whole text.The model of Grand Strategy constructed in Questions and Replies Between Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong is a procedural summary of its strategic practice.Specifically,the practice model of Grand Strategy based on "intimidating the Goryeo by punitive offensive strategies" includes two aspects:one is "prioritizing diplomatic mean,and then using military";the other is "using of Zheng before,then Qi,righteousness before deceitfulness".This two modes of strategic practice are procedural,that is,the violent military means are given a non-priority."The army of moderation" is the practice mode of grand strategy highly praised by Tang Tai Zong and Li Wei Gong."The army of moderation","advocating wisdom and strategy","performing righteousness",taking the overall national security as the strategic goal,and giving priority to the strategic means of "subduing the enemy without fighting",which also represent the procedural model of strategic practice.