Sima's Art of War is one of the oldest books on the art of war in China.It is a category decree retaining the military governance of the army during the Spring and Autumn Period.It advocates ritual and righteousness and has obvious characteristics of ritual and music civilization.Therefore,in terms of the outlook of war,Sima's Art of War has obvious characteristics that take ritual as the firmness and benevolence as the foundation.Although Sima's Art of War focuses on military ritual and military law,it also contains a large number of specific methods of using soldiers and governing the army,such as weighing the advantages and disadvantages,because using army according the enemy,rewarding and punishment,being good at motivating morale,and attaching importance to moral education.Nowadays these contents are still worthy of being paid attention and importance.
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