The Essentials of Strategy, printed in the 46th year of the Kangxi reign, stands as one of the four surviving …
The Essentials of Strategy, printed in the 46th year of the Kangxi reign, stands as one of the four surviving endgame treatises of Qing dynasty. This work gathered numerous folk-endorsed martial endgames and marked a significant shift from the preference for red victories in endgames in the Ming dynasty, instead embracing draws—a turning point that paved the way for more sophisticated endgame theory.