左传 "Zuo Zhuan" or “Zuo’s Annals” is the first chronological history book said to be written by Zuo Qiuming , with a total of thirty-five volumes. It is one of the Confucian classics and the longest in the Thirteen Classics. The description ranged from 722 BC (Lu Yin Gong's first year) to 468 BC (Lu Yi Gong’s twenty-seventh year).The outstanding achievement of Zuo’s Annals is that it is the first large-scale and detailed history of China, which has an irreplaceable importa...

War in early Chinese thought was never confined to the clash of armies. It unfolded across visible and invisible realms at once—shaped by omens in the sky, disturbances in nature, ritual failure, spiritual interference, and the silent movement of fate. Victory was believed to be permitted before it was seized, and defeat often arrived long before a blade was raised.The Art of Omens and Sorcery in the Guiguzi, Six Secret Teachings and Six Enfolded Tactics i...