Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
This chapter explains gongs, drums and banners unify troops’ sight and hearing to keep coordinated actions, preventing reckless solo advances or retreats. Night battles use torches and drums, while daytime fights rely on flags to deliver unified battlefield orders.
–Mao Zedong, May 1965 Long have I cherished ambitions soaring high;Now I climb Jinggang Mountain once again, nigh.A thousand miles to seek the old haunt, I hie;Its old face changed, with fresh charms it’s graced by.
– Mao Zedong · Autumn 1928 Banners are in sight below the hills,Drums and bugles echo from the peaks.Though the enemy surrounds us in layers upon layers,We stand firm and unshakable.
After slaying the Demon King of Chaos(Monstrous King of Havoc) and wresting from him his huge scimitar, Handsome Monkey King practiced daily with the little monkeys the art of war, teaching them how to sharpen bamboos for making spears, file wood for making swords, arrange flags and banners, go on patrol, advance or retreat,…