The selection of the generals is also deemed very important. What's more, the book also raises eight ways to investigate a good general.
In military philosophy,Liu Taoboasts simple materialistic thoughts. On one hand, it opposes superstition and augury, listing them as one of the "Seven Evils" that must be forbidden. On the other hand, it advocates that "God's will" and superstition should be used to delude the enemy.
The book's dialectic thoughts are important contributions to ancient Chinese dialectics, and many important military thoughts are built upon it.
With its high theoretical and historical values, the book has been considered a military canon throughout ages both in China and abroad.
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