The Methods of the Sima (also known as The Marshal's Art of War) is a text discussing laws, regulations, government policies, military organization, military...

author of The Methods of the Sima Sima Shang [zh], General of the State of Zhao Sima Xin, Qin dynasty official and general, later King of Sai. Sima Cuo [zh]...

to the lack of historical records, but his thoughts and ideas passed on. His works were later composed into a book called The Methods of the Sima. He...

Methods of the Sima (司馬法) (also known as Sima Rangju Art of War) Sun Tzu's The Art of War (孫子兵法) Wu Qi's Wuzi (吳子) Wei Liaozi (尉繚子) Three Strategies of Huang...

fought to control the vast expanse of fertile territory in Eastern China. One of the better-known stories about Sun Tzu, taken from Sima Qian, illustrates...

lived in the 6th century BC, but the earliest parts of The Art of War probably date to at least 100 years later. Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian...

Studies Lucien Poirier Polyaenus H. John Poole Douglas Porch Sima Rangju – The Methods of the Sima Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus – De Re Militari Erwin...

served the states of Wei and then Chu. Wei Liaozi – of uncertain authorship. The Methods of the Sima – attributed to Sima Rangju, a commander serving the state...

D. The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. New York: Basic Books. 2007. p. 39. Tzu, Sun; Qi, Wu; Liao, Wei; Rangju, Sima; Ziya, Jiang. The Seven...

authorship. The Methods of the Sima It is attributed to Sima Rangju, a commander serving the state of Qi. The Warring States period was an era of warfare...

Party and the former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The most well known of these military texts are the Seven Military Classics. The texts were...

Sima Qian (Chinese: 司馬遷; ([sɹ̩́mà tɕʰjɛ́n]); c. 145 – c. 86 BC) was a Chinese historian during the early Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese...

"Zhen Lian Zhi" (Record of Formations and Training) This section of the book contains 41 chapters. It contains different methods of training troops, including...

who authored the Zizhi Tongjian, a monumental work of history. Sima was a political conservative who opposed the reforms of Wang Anshi. Sima Guang was named...

Disrupt the enemy's formations, interfere with their methods of operations, and change the rules that they are used to following. In this way the supporting...

The Wei Liaozi (Chinese: 尉繚子) is a text on military strategy, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China. It was written during the Warring States...

for it was only after the founding of the Han that Sima Qian labeled the Five Classics as Confucian. Nylan also points out that the Qin court appointed...

know how to use spies will be defeated. Discusses the methods of a commander and the principles of battle formation. It emphasizes that a commander must...

Hui of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋惠帝; traditional Chinese: 晉惠帝; pinyin: Jìn Huì Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Hui-ti; 259 – January 8, 307), personal name Sima Zhong...

book by Niccolò Machiavelli The Methods of the Sima or The Art of War, a military treatise by Sima Rangju Summary of the Art of War, a 19th-century treatise...

"concepts of government, the administration of forces; the unification of the people; the characteristics of a capable general; methods of nurturing a...

Son of Heaven (Mù Tiānzǐ Zhuàn) Wuzi: Wu Qi's Art of War Sun Bin's Art of War (Sūn Bìn Bīngfǎ) The Methods of the Sima (Sīmǎ Fǎ) Li Kui: Book of Law Persian:...

mentioning the Wuzi are the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Han Feizi.) Sima Qian, in his Shiji, equates the popularity of the Wuzi, in both the Warring...

by his pen name Sima Nan (Chinese: 司马南; born 22 June 1956), is a Chinese television pundit, social commentator, and journalist. In the early 21st century...

Military Methods"). Assuming that this Li Jing Bing Fa was an edition of Questions and Replies, the existence of the book precedes the supposed date of Yuan...

ever used, those being The Methods of the Sima, the Wuzi, and The Art of War. Even just memorizing the reduced portion of the classics was too difficult...

Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen of the early Ming dynasty (1368–1683) during the 14th century. The Huolongjing is primarily based on the text known as Huolong Shenqi...

Sima Shi (pronunciation) (208 – 23 March 255), courtesy name Ziyuan, was a military general and regent of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of...

styles of Qi's era are mentioned in the book, including the staff method of the Shaolin temple. In the late 16th century the military of the Ming dynasty...

or the south-pointing fish to identify the directions. Now the carriage method has not been handed down, but in the fish method a thin leaf of iron...