August 31, 200322 yr I was wondering if any of you are familar with Sun Tzu and his famous book which is probably one of the oldest military manuals in the world The Art Of War which was suppost to be written for King Wu during a chinese conflict between states?
August 31, 200322 yr No, it wasnt. Kung Fu is an art os self development. Art of War is ourely a battle manual...
August 31, 200322 yr Author Information I found on Sun Tzu in a game manual which involves Japanese combaton a large scale around 1530 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history with theobjective of being titled Shogun by destroying or taking over other clans in Japan.Sun Tzu was a contemporary of the great philosopher Confucius, and lived around 500 B.C. in the kingdom of Qi, which is roughly the modern Shandong province in Eastern China. During his life, China was being torn apart by a series of wars as lesser states fought for dominance. None of these states recognised the central authority of the Zhou Imperial dynasty any more. As you'll see later, this is a similar state of affairs to the Sengoku period in Japan.Sun Tzu was therefore quite familiar with warfare in all its forms. He is supposed to have written his book for Hel, the King of Wu during 514-496 B.C. He ruled part of the lower Yangtze Valley and was locked in constant warfare with the rival kingdom of Yue. Other than that, little is known about Sun Tzu's life. Biographies from as little as 300 years after he was alive don't include much more definite information than that, other than repeating the tale of how Sun Tzu convinced his king that he knew how to train soldiers. The story goes that Sun Tzu claimed he could train anyone to obey military orders, and so the King challenged him to turn the court concubines into soldiers. Naturally, the women were far from being any kind of soldiers (much less good ones) and disobeyed all of Sun Tzu's orders. He explained his instructions carefully and patiently and tried again, with equally disastrous results. Having done all that he could as a commander, he ordered that the leading concubines should be put to death, as once orders have been clearly explained it is the duty of the soldiers to obey! The King wasn't very happy about the idea his two favourite concubines being executed, and told Sun Tzu that he really did believe he could train troops using his methods. Sun Tzu replied that once a general is directing his troops, he should reject further interference from his sovereign. It's the ruler's job to find the best general, and then let him get on with winning a war. The women were put to death!All at once the rest of the concubines suddenly discovered that they could, oddly enough, obey any orders to the letter. And although he was rather put out by the death of his favourite courtesans, the King of Wu recognised that Sun Tzu knew what he was talking about.What is known for certain about Sun Tzu comes from his key work on the theory and practice of warfare, The Art of War. He was obviously a clever man, a clear thinker and someone with practical military experience. Sun Tzu took his accumulated knowledge of how to fight wars and applied careful thought to the problems that he had found. The product of all his thought was the earliest book in the whole world on what might be termed the philosophy and practice of warfare.His book, however, is more than just a "how to win" strategy and tactics handbook on Chinese warfare. Although a study of warfare, The Art of War applies to situations on every level from the interpersonal to the international. Its aims are invincibility, victory without battle and unassailable strength through understanding every aspect of conflict. This is a remarkable set of claims for any book. What is even more remarkable is that The Art of War achieves all it sets out to do! It lays out strategy in such a clear and wise fashion that at times it almost seems too straightforward and obvious almost too simple to be right.
August 31, 200322 yr hey man i dont have school for 2 days so give me a bit of rest here. im not reading all that!
August 31, 200322 yr I've read the Art of War, from cover to cover...he lived during the samurai era, when mass armies of samurai meet and slaughtered each other on fields and castle walls. As depicted in Shogun:Total War
August 31, 200322 yr Author I remember playing that game on LAN last night against my brother. FIRST time he everyplayed it I started kicking his butt. Soon enough the tables turned. I have no idea how he did it.I think he had masses of warrior monks backed up with a ton of muskets.
August 31, 200322 yr fun game that one is. yes, I still have it on my compu, it's the best. Too bad the internet service is going out soon... but at least I can look foward to Rome:Total War :D:D:D
September 1, 200322 yr Author I want to try Medevil: Total War.Rome: Total war looks like fun but something that requires a super computer.My computer at times just has a hard enough time handling all those sprites talk aboutfull 3D meshes!
September 1, 200322 yr -Razor]I want to try Medevil: Total War. i played the demo of that one and it was pretty fun. 8)
September 1, 200322 yr Rome:Total War is supposed to have thousands of 3d units on screen, but they say it's gonna have small system requirments
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