General Military and the Study on The Art of War in the North Song Dynasty

As the first official military encyclopedia in ancient Chinese,General Military took a large number of references of The Art of War.These quotations reflected some positive changes in military thinking,and largely reflect the development of studies on The Art of War in the Northern Song Dynasty Studies.Particularly represented by breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign,maneuvers direct and indirect,the few wins the massive,the value of change and do nothing hastily. Unfortunately,these changes only in written form,and without being implemented,the Northern Song Dynasty army is still deeply embedded.