Recently, a set of the earliest Eight Arrays of the Art of War after the Wind was discovered in Mi County, Henan Province. There are nine maps, one of which is an orthographic map of eight arrays, and the other eight are eight arrays, namely: sky-covering array, ground-supporting array, wind-rising array, cloud-hanging array, dragonfly array, tiger wing array, flying bird array and snake-flat array. Explanatory text is attached to the figure, which introduces in detail the tactical application of each formation in attacking and retreating under special circumstances. According to historical records, Hou Feng was the general of Xuanyuan Huangdi. The site of Yunyan Museum in Yunxian County, Changzhou, a military strategist in Tang Dynasty, recorded the deeds of the Yellow Emperor and the drawing of the Eight Arrays in detail. The discovery of this picture has pushed the history of China's Eight Arrays forward for 2,500 years.
Array method is an important means of military operations in the era of cold weapons, which can be attacked and defended. It is a way to unite all people's strength, cooperate with each other and support each other, thus producing the effect of 1+ 1 > 2. Especially when the enemy is outnumbered and the enemy is strong and we are weak, the array method is particularly important. Sun Tzu's art of war says "be in an invincible position first and wait for the enemy to win", and the array method fully shows this feature.
Zhuge Liang's eight-array diagram is improved on the basis of previous array diagrams. Its appearance brought the ancient China array to its peak. Now this method has been lost, but Chen Shou, as a witness at that time, said that Zhuge Liang was "making eight pictures of Chen, which was salty to the clouds", and it was not an empty statement.
In addition, after the destruction of Shu, he instructed "to learn from the method of using troops and relying on the enemy by the marquis of Wu" and said "to teach the five battalions by the marquis". In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yong also wrote to the North, saying that "it is advisable to adopt the method of Zhuge Eight Arrays, that is, the method of resisting Kou on the flat ground". This is also proof.
According to experts' research, the layout of Zhuge Village is related to the Eight Arrays.
Zhuge Village, an ancient village in the south of the Yangtze River, left many puzzles for many foreigners from the beginning: simple folk customs, unique buildings and descendants of historical figures. Despite the war and wind and rain, Zhuge village is still well preserved, and people here seem to have been living a leisurely and secluded life. In the next few hundred years, Zhuge Village experienced disasters, and later, "assets gradually existed, and Yan Ying came forth in large numbers." Although Zhuge village in later generations had the phenomenon of demolishing houses and adding houses, it did not dare to change the original layout, but only "added meaning to cultivate and make up, and did not change the map." Why did Master Zhuge tell future generations not to change the things of their ancestors before he died? Just because this is a treasure trove of geomantic omen? Experts felt a little surprised at first, but later they went further and made a detailed investigation on several alleys, and found a special phenomenon, that is, we thought it might have some connection with their ancestor Zhuge Liang's eight-array map.
So what's strange about the layout of Zhuge Village? According to the traditional architectural style, the central axis is the main axis, but Zhuge Village does not follow the central axis layout, but radiates buildings around the bell pool. It takes the bell pool in the center of the village as the center, and then eight alleys are distributed along the bell pool. In order to uncover the mystery of the village layout in Zhuge Village, Xu and other experts spent three days on a detailed investigation of Zhuge Village, and finally drew a schematic plan. It is obvious from the picture that there are eight main roads in the village, which divide the village into eight irregular areas. The section in the middle of the village is called zhongchi, which is half land and half pond. Strangely, this clock pond looks like a fish of yin and yang in Artest pond from a height! And what's even more amazing is that there are two ancient wells in the position of fisheye! Further investigation found that the geographical location of Zhuge Village was also very strange. The whole terrain is like a pot, high around and low in the middle. Zhuge village is located at the bottom of the pot, and the village is surrounded by eight hills, which just forms an outer gossip!
Is this all a coincidence? Chen Xing, an expert, believes that Zhuge Village and Zhuge Liang's Eight Arrays are coincident, and his descendants may have deliberately imitated or interpreted Zhuge Liang's Eight Arrays and Eight Diagrams when they laid out the village, or they may be coincident.
Is Zhuge Village a deduction and imitation of Zhuge Liang's Eight Arrays? Strictly speaking, this inference is reasonable, but there are also many coincidences and accidents. However, in any case, the wisdom of the ancients who chose to live in one place and skillfully integrated with nature is really amazing today. Zhuge village should be said to be a miracle in the history of architecture, both in architectural style and site selection and layout.