War is carried out between human social groups for certain political and economic purposesArmed struggleIn the official history of all countries, wars with the nature of self-defence or national liberation or revolutionary nature are usually regarded as just wars, and wars of aggression or fighting for hegemony are regarded asUnjust war。Because of political interests, countries usually use propaganda tools to arbitrarily explain the nature of war.Some people think that the just and unjust nature of war is only relative in most cases, and future generations may have many different interpretations.
Chinese name
Just war
Concept
War with self-defence or national liberation
Example
American Revolutionary War
Example
King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhou on a large scale. Due to the corruption of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and slaves revolted one after another and fought against each other. On the same day, the Shang army "disintegrated and left, then collapsed".King Zhou burned himself to death,Yin DynastyDestruction.King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty took advantage of the victorious forces to fight against all the princes of the Shang Dynasty, including 652 countries that expressed their submission, ending the 600 year rule of the Shang Dynasty and establishing the rule of the Zhou Dynasty over China.This battle is ancient ChinaVehicle battleA famous example of just war in the early days.