A Battle of Wits (Chinese and Japanese: 墨攻; pinyin: Mò Gōng; rōmaji: Bokkō or Bokukō; literally: "Mohist Attack") is a 2006 Hong Kong historical action drama film, based upon a Japanese historical novel of the same name by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on Sakemi's novel. The film stars Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu, and newcomer Choi Siwon. Its director is Zhang Zhiliang. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Kenichi Sakemi ) is a novelist born on November 26, 1963 in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Cantonese Yale: Lau Dak-Wa; born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮 Lau Fuk-Wing) is a Hong Kong Cantopop star, movie actor, producer, and presenter. ... Ahn Sung-ki (Korean: , Hanja: 安聖基, 1 January 1952 –) is known to the public as the National Best Actor of Korea. A Roman Catholic,[1] he was born in Daegu and was grown up as a child actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nicky Wu (吴奇隆, born on Oct 31st, 1970) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. ... Choi Siwon (Hangul: 최시원, Hanja: 崔始源; born February 10, 1987; real birth date: April 7, 1986), also romanized as Choi Shiwon, is an actor and a member of South Korean boy band Super Junior. ... Kenji Kawai (川井憲次 Kawai Kenji, born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese composer with several film scores to his credit. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category Rōmaji (ローマ字 Roman characters, sometimes misunderstood as romanji in English), is a Japanese term for the Latin alphabet. ... Founded by Mo Zi (whose actual surname was Di, and whose given name was Mo), Mohism (墨家), or Moism, is a Chinese philosophy that evolved at the same time as Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism (Hundred Schools of Thought). ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Kenichi Sakemi ) is a novelist born on November 26, 1963 in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Cantonese Yale: Lau Dak-Wa; born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮 Lau Fuk-Wing) is a Hong Kong Cantopop star, movie actor, producer, and presenter. ... Ahn Sung-ki (Korean: , Hanja: 安聖基, 1 January 1952 –) is known to the public as the National Best Actor of Korea. A Roman Catholic,[1] he was born in Daegu and was grown up as a child actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nicky Wu (吴奇隆, born on Oct 31st, 1970) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. ... Choi Siwon (Hangul: 최시원, Hanja: 崔始源; born February 10, 1987; real birth date: April 7, 1986), also romanized as Choi Shiwon, is an actor and a member of South Korean boy band Super Junior. ...

Plot

The film is set in the Warring States Period of China. The state of Zhao invades the city-state of Liang. Ge Li (Andy Lau), a Mohist, comes to Liang to help protect the city. He warns of the dangers of surrendering to an invading Zhao army that intends to conquer Liang. The king of Liang worries about Ge Li inciting war amongst the public, but decides to allow him to temporarily aid in defending Liang. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... State of Zhao (small seal script, 220 BC) Zhao (pinyin: zhao4, simplified Chinese: 赵, traditional Chinese: 趙) was a Chinese state during the Warring States Period. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Cantonese Yale: Lau Dak-Wa; born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮 Lau Fuk-Wing) is a Hong Kong Cantopop star, movie actor, producer, and presenter. ... Founded by Mo Zi (whose actual surname was Di, and whose given name was Mo), Mohism (墨家), or Moism, is a Chinese philosophy that evolved at the same time as Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism (Hundred Schools of Thought). ...

Ge Li's creates a bulwark and various traps to slow down the invading army. The Prince and Generals of Liang question his leadership and skills as a tactician, but time after time, his tactics were right. The Prince of Liang eventually developes a high level of respect for Ge Li's wisdom and experience. After Ge Li successfully defends the kingdom from superior numbers, he becomes highly revered by the local populace. Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ...

Feeling threatened by Ge Li's popularity, the king of Liang plots to have him be deposed of rank and executed on false charges. Ge Li returns from a scouting mission and is charged with starting a war under false pretenses. The Prince of Liang fakes a fight against Ge Li so that he can use himself as a hostage to help free Ge Li. The improved arrows that Ge Li used to help defend Liang were then ironically used against him. The Prince of Liang is killed in the incident. Ge Li's sympathizers are falsely accused of being part of a rebellion against Liang, and they are tortured and executed. Torture, according to international law, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has...

The King of Liang foolishly believes the Zhao army has already left, but the Zhao army raids the city in a surprise attack. Ge Li returns with a surviving group of the Liang army to restore power to the people of Liang. After the conflict, Ge Li leaves with some orphans of Liang to promote peace among kingdoms. The King of Liang would be killed five years later, and eventually the Qin army would unite China and became the first dynasty, the Qin Dynasty. Qin or Chin (Wade-Giles) (秦), pronounced something like Shin, (778 BC-207 BC) was a state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of China. ... // For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation). ... Qin empire in 210 BC Capital Xianyang Language(s) Chinese Religion Taoism Government Monarchy History  - Unification of China 221 BC  - Death of Qin Shi Huangdi 210 BC  - Surrender to Liu Bang 206 BC The Qin Dynasty (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Chao) (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded...

See also

• Mozi
• List of Hong Kong films

Mozi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Mo Tzu, Lat. ... Cinema of Hong Kong This is an A-Z list of films produced in Hong Kong and in the in alphabetical order. ...

External links

• Official website of A Battle of Wits
• Muk gong at the Internet Movie Database
• A Battle of Wits at LoveHKFilm.com