我国古代,人们就已有比较明确的战略地理形势观念。所谓“形”,指地形高下险易;“势”则泛指历史和现实的政治、军事态势,包括地望和四至。古人在分析战略地理形势时,一般是将“形”与“势”结合起来。加以纵横比较,进行评述。如顾炎武的《形势》论,以“纵”向论述,从“昔之都于南者,吴、东晋、宋、齐、梁、陈、南唐、南宋,凡 In ancient China, people already had a clearer idea of ​​the strategic geographical situation. The so-called “shape” means that the terrain is high and dangerous. The “potential” refers to the political and military situations of history and reality, including the perspectives and the four seasons. When analyzing the strategic and geographical situation, the ancients generally combined “form” with “potential”. To compare aspect, comment. Such as Gu Yan-wu’s “situation” theory, to “vertical” to treatise, from "the former are in the South, Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Southern Tang, Southern Song, where