Liu Bowen's strategic wisdom

Author: Li Daotian
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Knowing the past and present, generating brilliant strategies, wisdom, and divine adaptability. Liu Bowen is a legendary military and political genius, comparable to Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang. With exceptional talent and foresight, he possessed profound knowledge of military strategy and literature. He not only devised unconventional plans and brilliant strategies in major battles, assisting Zhu Yuanzhang in suppressing rebellious forces across the empire, but also established comprehensive systems in military affairs, finance, and other aspects, laying the foundation for the prosperity of the early Ming Dynasty. Throughout his life, he left behind many outstanding works, but only one work on military strategy, titled One Hundred Battles of Extraordinary Strategy. This book collects important military data from the pre-Qin to the Five Dynasties period (a span of 1,600 years) scattered in historical records. It divides them into 100 paired topics based on the military, political, economic, and natural conditions of the opposing sides, then cites insightful quotes from classic texts such as The Art of War and The Six Books to support each topic, supplemented by the author's unique insights. As Liu Bowen was also an outstanding litterateur, his vivid and lively writing style adds a certain literary appreciation value to the book.