吴起(公元前440—381年),战国初年一位锐意改革的军事家。他所处的时代,兵革连年,干戈不止,各诸侯国之间为争城掠地,聚敛财富,频繁地发生战争。吴起先是在鲁国和魏国任将军,最后在楚国当了令尹(相当于宰相)。在魏国时期,多次带兵作战,屡战屡捷,有诸侯“大战七十六,全胜六十四”之说。在总结这些战争经验的基础上,他写过论兵专著四十八篇,保存下来的有《图国》、《料敌》等六篇。韩非子在《五蠹》篇里记载:先秦时代,“藏孙吴之书者家有之”。他说的吴便是指吴起。可见,那个时期,吴子和孙子是齐名的,两个人的兵法都是充满军事哲学色彩并享誉后世的不朽之作。可以说,吴子是仅次子孙子的我国第二位著名的军事家和军事理论家,有人称他为“兵学亚圣”怕不无缘由。 Wuqi (440-381 BC), a soldier for reform in the early Warring States. In his time, the leather armor year after year, fighting more than the vassal of the vassal states, gathering wealth, frequent war. Wu first served as a general in Lu and Wei, and finally in the Chu as Ling Yin (equivalent to prime minister). In the Wei period, many troops and battles, repeated fighting repeatedly, there princes “World War 76, victory 64” said. On the basis of summarizing these war experiences, he wrote forty-eight monographs on military writings, and preserved six such articles as “Tu Guo States” and “enemy matchmaking.” Han Feizi in the “five beetles” article records: Pre-Qin era, “possession of books of the Sun Wuzhu home have.” Wu said he refers to Wuqi. Visible, at that time, Wu Zi and grandson is the same name, both of the military law are full of military philosophy and reputation for future generations immortal. It can be said that Wu Zi is the second-most famous military strategist and military theorist in China, the second only grandson, and some people call him “fearless for no reason” in his study of “saints and saints”.