Chariot on the Art of War-Study on Military Science of Sun Zi in Song Dynasty

Since Emperor Taizu of Song was acclaimed emperor, the Song Court adopted a series of policies on ' strengthening the central forces and weakening the local ones ' and ' admiring literature and restraining military force' to stabilize the regime.The Song army against the outside was repeatedly defeated and the status of internal solider was low.Interestingly, the number of military books written by the people of Song Dynasty was greatly increased compared with the previous dynasties, and the writing, annotating and editing atmosphere of military books was extremely prosperous.The contradictory phenomenon of ' admiring literature and restraining military force' and 'prosperity of military science' is intriguing.Starting from the study on the Military Science of Sun Zi in Song Dynasty, this Book covers various aspects such as cataloguing, military science, politics, imperial examination and cultural history. After clarifying the number of military books in Song Dynasty and their existence or abolishment as well as the study literatures on military science of people in Song Dynasty, this Book probes deeply into the historical and social factors of the phenomenon of ' admiring literature and restraining military force ' and ' prosperity of military science ' in Song Dynasty.