Jiang Taigong 姜太公
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The Six Strategies (simplified Chinese: 六韬; traditional Chinese: 六韜; pinyin: Liù Tāo), is a treatise on civil and military strategy traditionally attributed to Lü Shang (Jiang Ziya 姜子牙,姜太公), a top general of King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty, at around the eleventh century BC. The whole book is compiled by dialogue between Taigong and King Wen and King Wu. It is written from the perspective of a statesman attempting to overthrow the ruling Shang dynasty. It is a famous Taoist military book in ancient China. As an important part of the classical military cultural heritage of the Han nationality in China, its content is extensive and profound, its thought is exquisite and rich, and its logic is rigorous and rigorous, which is the concentrated embodiment of the essence of the ancient military thought of the Han nationality. There are six volumes in the book, totaling sixty. The content of Six Strategies is very extensive, covering almost all aspects of war and other issues. The best part is its strategy and tactics.