Sun Wu, a native of Qi Le 'an, was a famous strategist and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was called "soldier saint" by later generations. Later generations respectfully called him Sun Tzu, Sun Wuzi, the teacher of immortal strategist, the originator of eastern military science and so on, and Sun Wu deserved it. According to Zuo Zhuan, Sun Wu's ancestor was actually Ji, not Sun, and was a descendant of Wei's son in the Spring and Autumn Period. Sun Wu is a descendant of Wei nobles. His father Sun Shu and grandfather Sun Kuai fled to Qi until he grew up.
Sun Wu loved reading since he was a child and had a strong interest in the art of war. Because he was born in a famous family, superior living conditions provided Sun Wu with a superior learning environment. Sun Wu can read the ancient military classic "Military and Political Events" and learn about the ancient combat experience and the methods of Yi Yin, Jiang Taigong and Guan Zhong. In addition, there were frequent wars and fierce merger wars. His grandfather and father are both generals who are good at leading troops to fight. Sun Wu was clever and alert since childhood. Every time his father came back from the front, Sun Wu would pester him to tell stories about his war. He was born in the family of military commanders and was deeply influenced by the art of war. The young Sun Wu soon mastered some fighting methods. Before Sun Wu officially led his troops to war, Sun went to Mengshan to study, roam the world and inspect the ancient battlefield of history. This rich experience in studying abroad has accumulated rich materials for Sun Wu to compile the Art of War in the future.
Later, Sun Wu came to the State of Wu and was highly valued by Wu Zixu. He felt that Sun Wu would make a difference. So Sun Wu took his art of war to see He Lv, the king of Wu. Seeing Sun Wu's elegant appearance, the prince of Wu did not believe that he was a man who could fight, so in order to test Sun Wu's art of war, he ordered Lu to train beautiful women in the palace. This is the legendary story of Sun Tzu's "martial arts teaching and killing Maggie". Sun Tzu divided the beautiful women into two teams, which were led by the two favorite concubines of the king of Wu.
During the drill, Sun Wu had already agreed on the rules in advance. Hearing this, the concubines made a gesture with a smile. At Sun Wu's command, none of the concubines listened, but they frolicked and even the formation of the team was in chaos. When Sun Tzu saw this situation, he called in the military history. According to the art of war, the two favorite concubines of the prince of Wu will be beheaded. The two concubines didn't believe that Sun executed them, but Sun Wu's tone was firm and didn't mean to joke. When the king of Wu saw that his grandson was going to kill his beloved concubine, he immediately explained, I knew that Sun Wu was a man who could fight. Don't kill my two favorite concubines. Without them, my life will lose a lot of fun. Sun Tzu showed no mercy, claiming, "I will be in the army, and your life will not be affected." So I killed two concubines. All the concubines were frightened. After Sun Wu solved the two disobedient captains, he began to play drums again, so these concubines were much more obedient, all of them conformed to the rules and the formation was very neat. Sun Wu won the appreciation of the king of Wu by "teaching and attacking Maggie" and entrusted him with all the military power. Under the governance of Sun Wu, Wu's military power was once strong, and his masterpiece The Art of War became famous.