What are the differences between western military thoughts and China's military thoughts?

After modern times, China's military thought absorbed western military thought in an all-round way. Let's talk about pre-modernity here. China's ancient culture paid attention to "harmony between man and nature", and its military thought was more or less influenced by this. It emphasizes the external environment and human factors to enlarge advantages and narrow disadvantages, and emphasizes the struggle outside the battlefield. The west is more accurate, and it is quite accurate in specific details such as investigation, logistics, troop deployment, weapons and equipment, and scheduling. In theory, it also emphasizes refining and inheriting through works. In fact, there is no difference between the two, and we attach different importance to things.

It should be emphasized that it does not mean that China's ancient military was inaccurate. China's ancient military was based on a thorough and detailed understanding of the enemy and ourselves from the whole to the details. Battle of Red Cliffs, for example, is based on an accurate understanding of both sides' ship configuration, camp layout, forces, hydrology and even the amount of explosives. It just simplifies the various factors that affect the war and refines the key points. For example, western military theory is like a realistic oil painting, while China's military theory is like a vivid sketch. The latter has extremely high requirements for the general's ability, but it can achieve legendary results. With the development of western precise military theory, there are more and more factors to be considered and the calculation is more and more accurate, so the establishment of the General Staff Department appears.