Research on the Military Thought of Ancient Ethnic Minorities in China

Author: Tong Lijun
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is a study of the military thought of ancient Chinese ethnic minorities from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Opium War. During the writing process, it consistently adheres to the fundamental principles of historical materialism, maintains a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts, and upholds the views of ethnic equality and mutual promotion and common development among all ethnic groups. The book takes theoretical innovation and breakthroughs in certain concepts as its starting point for writing, employing comparative and factor analysis methods to comprehensively study the emergence, development, and evolution of ethnic minority military thought. It explores the characteristics and patterns in the historical development of ethnic minority military thought, providing valuable references for contemporary military struggles and national defense construction. Due to the fact that the central governments established by ethnic minorities in ancient Chinese history were primarily located in the Central Plains and northern regions, ethnic minority military activities in northern areas were more frequent and wars on a larger scale. In particular, northern nomadic and hunting peoples had a profoundly important impact on the history of warfare in China and even the world. Moreover, all efforts by ethnic minorities to unify China were accomplished by northern ethnic groups. In light of this, the book focuses on the history of military thought of ancient northern ethnic minorities as its theme, with the study of the military thought of northern nomadic and hunting peoples as its core content.