Research On Guanzi Military Science Thought

Guan Zi is a compilation of the works of the Jixia School.It was written in the Spring and Autumn Period when vassals were in power and the Warring States Period.It has extensive and profound thoughts and rich contents.Although Guan Zi is not a military work,it contains rich and comprehensive military thoughts,covering many aspects,such as war view,the way of keeping soldiers,the way of using troops,tactical thoughts,etc.The Seven Methods,The Art of War,The Map,The Ginseng and The Soldiers,The Score Control,The Nine Changes,The Power and other articles all reflect the rich military thoughts contained in Guan Zi.Other articles also deal with military thought.Through the analysis of the war view,the principle of military governance and the tactical thoughts contained in Guan Zi,and the investigation of the thoughts of Guan Zi on military science under the background of The Times when a hundred schools of thought contend,the characteristics and sense of the thoughts of Guan Zi on military science are revealed,and the status and influence of the thoughts in the history of Chinese military science is discussed.The main body of this thesis consists of four chapters.The first chapter analyzes the origin of the thought of military science in Guan Zi,focuses on the changes in the political,economic and ideological fields in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period,and discusses the main ideological tendency of Guan Zi and the reasons for naming Guan Zhong.The second chapter discusses the view of war in Guan Zi,which holds that it is necessary to analyze war from a dialectical perspective,not only to see the benefits brought by war,but also to see the harm of war to the country and people,and to "heavy war" and "careful war",so as to reasonably unify the two.The third chapter analyzes the principles and strategic and tactical thoughts of "Guan Zi","Guan" believes that the victory of war depends on and guarantees from the economic strength of the country,the country is rich so that soldiers are strong,strong soldiers can win,put forward the strategy of combining agriculture with soldiers,combining administrative measures with military measures,at the same time,the core of "Guan Zi" principle of "soldiers" is to distinguish reward and punishment,through the policy of punishing the guilty and rewarding the merit-based,Improve the enthusiasm and combat effectiveness of the soldiers.The tactical thoughts of Guan Zi mainly include the operational policy of "knowing the number of machines",the operational method of "knowing all over the world",the guiding ideology of "expounding the real and attacking the virtual",and the operational strategy of "the few that no party can win".Guan Zi believes that in war,we should pay attention to strategy,use a long-term tactical vision to comprehensively grasp the dynamics of the war,make specific analysis according to the specific situation of the war,and use tactics flexibly.Take the initiative of war.The fourth chapter summarizes the characteristics of "Guan Zi"military thought,compares the "Guan Zi" military thought with other military thought,and discusses the value and practical significance of "Guan Zi" military thought.Although Guan Zi is not a special work on military science,it contains very rich military thought and has an important position in the history of pre-Qin military science.