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Introduction: This article traces Yue Fei’s rise during the Southern Song’s resistance against the Jin. After the Jin’s southern invasion, Yue Fei won a key victory at Jiankang, stopped the Jin from deep penetration into Jiangnan, and built the elite Yue Family Army. He reclaimed Xiangyang and became a symbol of loyal resistance, though…
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Sun Wu, or Sun Tzu, (fl. late 6th century BCE), a renowned military strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period, is regarded as the founder of the Chinese “School of Military Thought” and revered by later generations as “Sunzi” (“Master Sun”). His courtesy name was Changqing, and he was a native of the…
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When Lord Mengchang decided to leave his native land – Qi state – to take office in Qin, hundreds of men tried to dissuade him from going. But he would not listen to them. Then Su Qin, the rhetorician, wanted to reason with him.