Pang Juan According to legend, he was worshipped by the hermit and . Both of them were wise men and talented. But Pang Juan was jealous of Sun Bin's talent and was afraid that he would be virtuous to him, so he designed to frame Sun Bin, and the two of them eventually turned against each other.
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Sun Bin served in Qi and was soon valued by the King of Qi and other superiors, and was given high courtesy. At this time, Wei State was still the overlord of Warring States . Wei State was one of the members of the three divisions of Jin . After the establishment of the Wei State, the strength increased greatly through the efforts of two generations of monarchs, Wei Wenhou and Wei Wuhou . By , Wei Huiwang 's reign, the strength of Wei reached its peak. It is also because of this that King Hui of Wei officially became king in 334 BC.
Sun Bin
However, during the reign of King Hui of Wei, he fought everywhere. Although the Warring States Period was quite rich, he gradually offended the surrounding great powers and became the beginning of the decline of Wei. The Wei State fought everywhere, giving Sun Bin the opportunity to achieve his own ideals and take revenge on Sun Bin.
Therefore, when Wei State attacked Zhao, Sun Bin defeated the Wei army with the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and defeated Pang Juan in Guiling , and defeated Pang Juan in front of the first time; when Wei State attacked Han, Sun Bin defeated the Wei army again with the strategy of reducing the stove again, and Pang Juan eventually committed suicide in Maling , ending the grudge between him and Sun Bin.
At that time, Wei State was stronger than Qi State , and Pang Juan was not a mediocre person, so why did he repeatedly defeat Sun Bin, who was his fellow disciple? In addition to the wedding battles of King Hui of Wei at that time, what mistakes did Pang Juan make?
Battle of Guiling . At that time, Pang Juan led the army outside, and Sun Bin led the Qi army to attack Wei. Wei's self-defense power was weak. Pang Juan was eager to return to the capital to rescue the horse. It was understandable that he was ambushed by Sun Bin. However, when Battle of Maling , Pang Juan did not learn from the experience of the last failure and still looked down on the Qi army. When Sun Bin used the time to reduce the stove, he still looked at the Qi army with the eyes of his old friends and said, "I know that the Qi army is cowardly. After entering three miles of my land, more than half of the soldiers died." The arrogant light cavalry went out to pursue the Qi army to Maling, but was eventually ambushed by the Qi army and ended up in defeat and death.
Sun Bin's approach to the situation forms a strong contrast with Pang Juan's arrogance and arrogance.
