What kind of historical development and evolution has military thought undergone?

Military thinking is a rational understanding of basic issues such as war, the armed forces, and national defense, and is a summary of people's experience and theory in military practice over a long period of time. Military ideology is a kind of social ideology, which is not only constrained and influenced by other social ideologies, but also influences and acts on other social ideologies. Military thought is a comprehensive basic theoretical category of military science, which plays an overall guiding role in the research and development of other branches of military science, and draws nourishment from other branches of military science to enable its own continuous development.

Ancient Chinese military thought refers to the rational understanding of various classes and groups, as well as their military strategists and military commentators, on the issue of war and the army during the period of slave society and feudal society (Western Zhou to Qing Dynasty). Ancient Chinese military thought is a unique and precious heritage in the glorious cultural treasure house of the Chinese nation, which has not only nurtured countless elite soldiers and good generals, but also influenced and guided the military activities of past dynasties.

Ancient Chinese military thought is rooted in the soil of Chinese society and has its distinctive characteristics: 1. It has a long history and is broad and profound. Ancient Chinese military thought was formed early, developed rapidly, and its content was broad and profound.

The Shangshu, Junzhi, and Junzheng of the Western Zhou Dynasty were the earliest military books in China, and although they have long since disappeared or only a few words remain, they have highly summarized and abstracted some rational principles about war guidance. The Art of War, which appeared in the late Spring and Autumn Period, as the earliest surviving military book in China, is known as the "Holy Book of Soldiers" and "the World's First Military Book", which has had an extremely far-reaching impact on China and even the world. In the Warring States Period, "Wu Zi" and "Sima" were born.

The Formation Process of Ancient Chinese Military Thought Four Periods: 1. Initial Formation Stage—Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou Dynasty 2. Basic Maturity Stage—Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period—3. Perfect Development Stage—Qin to Sui and Tang Dynasties 4. Self-contained Stage—Song to Ming and Qing Dynasties 8. The Formation Process of Modern Chinese Military Thought 1. Emergence Stage: 1840-1860 The Period of National Independence, Liberation and Survival, 2. Formation Stage:

1860---1894 The Chinese nation is in an extreme crisis 3. Development period: 1894-1925 9. Military Thought and Representative Figures in Modern China 1. Emergence Stage Famous thinker: Wei Yuan's "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", the main ideas:

This is the first milestone of China's modern military thought 2. The Formation Stage (1860-1894) The main military thought: Westernization and coastal defense 3. Development period Military thought: armed revolution is the third milestone of China's modern military thought Representative figures:

Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Cai Yi X. The Scientific Meaning and Historical Status of Thought Thought Thought is represented by thought.

The formation and development of ancient Chinese military thought went through four stages.

The first stage: the initial formation period - 21st century BC to the 8th century BC (Xia, Shang, Western and Zhou periods).

The main features of military thought:

1. The concept of war with the concept of destiny as the core.

2. Take "etiquette" and "punishment" as the basis for governing the army.

The second stage: the period of rapid development - from the 8th century BC to the end of the 3rd century BC (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period).

The main features of military thought:

1. Form a relatively complete outlook on war.

2. A number of general guiding principles for warfare have been proposed.

3. The combination of military struggle, political struggle, and diplomatic struggle.

The third stage: the period of rich development - the main features of military thought from the end of the 3rd century BC to the 13th century (Qin to the Five Dynasties period):

1. From the creation school to the synthesis of the strengths of various schools, the military thought was organized.

2. Some of the military ideas put forward by the pre-Qin period have been developed.

3. Strategic thinking tends to be perfect and mature.

The fourth stage: the period of system perfection - the main features of military thought from the 14th century to the 40s of the 19th century (from the Ming to the late Qing Dynasty):

1. Martial arts began to be incorporated into the national education system, and the orthodox status of military books was established.

2. There are a large number of military books, complete categories, and the study of military ideology is developing in a systematic manner.

3. The influence of firearms on military thinking has also undergone corresponding changes in the way of organization and command and the way of military training.

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Introduction to Military Thought.

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Things to think. 3. China's Modern Military Thought.

4. Contemporary Chinese Military Thought.

III. Modern Chinese Military Thought Modern Chinese military thought refers to the period from 1840 to 1949 in which the military ideas of the East and the West collided with each other in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.