When discussing the issues of The Art of War with the help of the Yinqueshan Han Dynasty bamboo slips,there is no need to rush to fully verify the correspondence between the text content of the Han Dynasty bamboo slips and the traditional version of The Art of War.We should also leave an independent research space for the bamboo slips themselves,so as to more comprehensively examine the rich possibilities contained therein.By studying the main grammatical function of the Chinese character"故"at the beginning of a sentence in The Art of War,that is,to connect and transition between sentences of reasoning aphorisms to provide a sense of coherence,we can further explain the major division of"strategy"and"tactics"in the content of each chapter of The Art of War from the perspective of language form,that is,the division between abstract philosophical theories and specific military experiences.The method of layering the content of the chapters helps to broaden the understanding of the process of writing The Art of War and the source of materials.
The Art of WarTraditional VersionYinqueshan Han Dynasty Bamboo SlipsStratification