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Chapter 183 The Practical Significance of Sun Tzu's Art of War

What is "The Art of War" about?
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is the earliest existing military book in China, and is known as the "Sacred Book of Military Science" and "The First Book of War in Ancient Times".

Although the book "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is only [-] words long, it contains a lot of information. It can be said that every word is pearls.

In this book, Sun Tzu revealed many military laws of universal significance, summed up the principles and principles of war, including pre-war preparations, strategy application, combat deployment, enemy situation research and judgment, etc., all of which were elaborated in detail. It is a very complete set of military theoretical system.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a total of thirteen chapters, which are the beginning plan, the battle, the attack, the army shape, the military situation, the virtual reality, the military struggle, the nine changes, the march, the terrain, and the nine places. Articles, Fire Attack Articles, and Yongjian Articles.

[-]. Beginning
This article is about strategizing before dispatching troops, comparing the various conditions of the enemy and ourselves, estimating the possibility of winning or losing the war, and formulating a battle plan.

Among them, "cautious war" is Sun Tzu's basic proposition in guiding the practice of war.

Because he believes that the soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival must be investigated.

"Five things and seven strategies" are the basic elements to predict the outcome of a war, namely Tao, heaven, earth, general and law.

The Seven Strategies are to analyze the situation of the enemy and us from the perspective of clear politics, brilliant generals, favorable time and place, strict laws and regulations, excellent weapons, well-trained soldiers, and fair rewards and punishments.

"Careful warfare", "five things and seven strategies", "twelve tricks of trickery" and so on are the earliest strategic concepts in ancient my country, which belong to the specific content of "temple calculation". It can be regarded as a highly condensed and incisive summary of Sun Tzu's outstanding military thought.

[-]. Combat articles
This article talks about war mobilization and using it for the enemy, defeating the enemy and strengthening the enemy.

This article follows the "Ji Pian" and focuses on the analysis of the relationship between war and economy. War depends on the economy, but it will cause damage to the economy to a certain extent, emphasizing the importance of a quick solution.

[-]. Conspiracy
This article talks about siege with wisdom, that is, not exclusively using force, but using various means to make the defending enemy surrender.

Sun Tzu believes that subduing the enemy without fighting is the highest level of military use, that is, attacking the enemy first, attacking the enemy next, and attacking the city next.

He also put forward the excellent military thought of "knowing yourself and the enemy, and winning a hundred battles without danger".

Fourth, the military form
This article starts from the comparison of the strength and weakness of the military strength of the enemy and the enemy, and describes in detail how to flexibly use the two different tactics of "attack" and "defense" in war. Do it well so that you will be in an invincible position, and then look for opportunities to destroy the enemy.

Five, military situation
This article mainly tells that on the basis of a strong military force, the general must exert his outstanding guiding skills, win by surprise, actively create and use favorable combat situations, and flexibly adopt combat methods in order to achieve the goal of protecting himself and destroying the enemy in the war.

A general who is good at using troops must be good at adapting to the weather, making good use of the geographical advantages, and giving full play to the harmony of people.If you do these three things, you will be "invincible to those you aim at, and safe to those you attack."

[-]. Fiction and reality
This article talks about how to use the combination of virtual and real, avoiding the real and the tactical strategy of winning the war, and how to use scattered assembly, encirclement and detours to make us strong and the enemy inferior at the scheduled battle location, so that the more wins the less.

Scientifically put forward the tactical principles of "avoid what is not true", "get out of what you don't want, follow what you don't expect", and "attack what you don't defend".

[-]. Military Struggle
This article is about the issue of the two armies competing for victory.

It is proposed that "use deceit to establish and use profit to move" is the general principle of military warfare, "use detours to make straight" and "use adversity to benefit" to seize the advantage of the battle.

Eight and nine changes
This article is about generals adopting different strategies and tactics according to different situations.

The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing and unpredictable. Therefore, victory or defeat depends not only on the strength of the two sides, but also on the commanding ability of the general. It requires the general to be flexible when commanding the battle, so that he can defeat the enemy.

[-]. Marching
This article talks about how to camp and observe the enemy's situation during the march.Sun Tzu proposed that generals should formulate combat regulations based on strategic principles in order to respond to the enemy and win.

Sun Tzu said: When an army marches and fights and observes and judges the enemy's situation, it should pay attention to: when passing through mountains, it should be close to valleys with water and grass;

These are all comprehensive and detailed summaries of the laws of marching combat command and investigation activities.

[-]. Topography
This article is about six different combat terrains and corresponding tactical requirements.

Put forward the point of view that "he who owns the terrain is the help of the soldiers", and explained in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the terrain and the importance of using the terrain correctly.

Points out that the army should have different action principles under different terrain conditions, discusses in detail the combat laws on six terrains, analyzes six defeat phenomena, and three important factors for judging victory, and clarifies the points that generals, monarchs, and soldiers should pay attention to. relation.

At the end of this article, "Know yourself and the enemy, victory is never imperiled; know the sky and the earth, victory is never poor", is a very important military principle, and is a further elaboration of the idea of ​​total victory.

Eleven and nine places
This article discusses from the perspective of human psychological factors and emotional factors how to take advantage of convenience, use terrain, and exert human subjective initiative to win.

One of the most important ideas is "survive after throwing yourself into death, and survive after falling into death".

Twelve, Fire Attack
This article mainly discusses the principles of using fire in battle against the enemy, including the target of the fire attack, the conditions for using the fire attack, and the deployment of troops according to the battle situation after the fire attack is launched.

Thirteen, the use of space
This article talks about the combined use of five types of spies. It discusses in detail the five methods of using time, including cause time, inner time, anti-time, dead time, and living time, and points out the exquisite essence of using time.

More importantly, Sun Tzu's Art of War is not only useful to military generals, but also to ordinary people.

But also very useful, very easy to use!

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" not only has extremely high military value, but also contains many philosophical truths.

It is not only used in the military field, but also used in all aspects of social life such as politics, economy, business, financial management, management, etc., to provide wisdom support for ordinary people to conduct themselves.

For example, use "Sun Tzu's Art of War" for management.

"Sun Tzu Mouth Attack" "Those who share the same desire will win" means that the general and the soldiers should be like brothers and sisters, and the top and bottom should be of the same mind, especially the generals should show love to the soldiers: "Treat the soldiers like babies, so you can go to Shenzhen with them." He regards the pawn as an adopted son, so he can die with him."

When this point is applied to the management of ordinary people, it requires a leader to take the initiative to care about the sufferings of his subordinates, not to be superior, to be down-to-earth, to truly sympathize with his subordinates, to share the joys and sorrows with his subordinates, and to love and care for his subordinates. Let the team have a strong cohesion and combat effectiveness.

For another example, the first chapter of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" pointed out: "A powerful person controls power because of profit."

If used in the market, "momentum" means a rising and favorable general trend. In short-term investment, choosing to follow the trend is beneficial to investors and can obtain relatively stable short-term returns.

Another example is to apply "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to marriage. First of all, "know yourself and the enemy, and you will never end in a hundred battles", get a deep understanding of the other party, and then use your own advantages to make use of your strengths and avoid weaknesses. You must also do what you like to please the other party.

Soldiers win with odds and fit with each other.

Learn to win by surprise and use some small skills and strategies to create surprises for your sweetheart.

Learn how to spend more time, buy the girlfriends around him to provide you with information, and the use of tipping and reporting is wonderful, with one heart!
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is full of wisdom and strategy, as long as you can comprehend and use it flexibly, the difficulties in life and career will be easily solved, and you will be invincible!
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""Sun Tzu's Art of War" is indeed one of the greatest military books in Chinese history."

"Know yourself and know the enemy, win first and then fight, and the thought of harming others rather than harming others is an unassailable military theory."

"The dialectical thought contained in it, the opposition and transformation of contradictions such as the enemy and ourselves, interests, victory and defeat, also has great reference significance for my great man."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che smiled.

He also knew that the generals under his command had more or less studied Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Not because of other.

Just because this Sun Tzu's Art of War is really easy to use.

Who doesn't use useful things?

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Another piece of time and space, Daming.

Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was different from other emperors.

He was a little upset to see Sun Wu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with Mencius's thought that the people valued the monarch more than the emperor, so he specially appointed a team to be responsible for comprehensively cleaning up the book "Mencius".

As for Sun Wu's thoughts, he couldn't stand it.

"In my old Zhu's opinion, Sun Tzu's art of war is just a collection of ancient books on strategy and tactics, and it has not reached the highest level."

Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself:

"Sun Wu once said that those who cannot act benevolently will not be able to win the final victory. This statement is correct, and we agree with it."

"However, the part in Sun Tzu's book about falsehood and deception is relatively shallow."

"If an emperor like us is more powerful than Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, he can fight with soldiers, and he doesn't need to cheat with the enemy. He can definitely win if he fights directly."

"Winning by strategy is only a temporary victory, not a real virtuous imperial army."

"Besides, if the art of deceit meets us, we will make him useless."

"Thus, those who can act benevolently and righteously in the world will be invincible in the world, and those who rely only on tactics will surely perish."

"Looking at Sun Wu's military books and his actions, such as attacking Chu, they are inconsistent. Therefore, Sun Wu's books were taught to him by others, and Sun Wu's ability cannot match the level written in his books!"

"From our old Zhu's point of view, he's also an empty talker!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Biao happened to pass by and heard Zhu Yuanzhang's nagging, so he couldn't help complaining: "Father, are you sour Sun Wu?"

"Which bastard is talking about us..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to scold someone, but when he saw that it was Zhu Biao, he changed his face quickly and said with a smile, "Oh, it's Biaoer."

"Biao'er, what are you talking about, our old Zhu can hurt him?"

"What we want to say is that only our old Zhu can reach the realm in Sun Wu's book, but Sun Wu himself can't reach it!"

"Who is the greatest achievement between Sun Wu and our old Zhu? Let's not talk about it anymore. Why did our old Zhu hate him!"

"Also, our old Zhu just has a dislike for Sun Wu, it's not to deny Sun Tzu's brilliance in the art of war."

Zhu Biao listened, smiled and did not speak.

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The military significance of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" cannot help but be said.

Even some people who don't like Sun Tzu deny Sun Tzu, not "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

What do those who violate Sun Tzu's theory of the Art of War get?
For example, the case story of the application of Sun Tzu's Art of War-Ming Yingzong started the war rashly, and the civil fortress became a prisoner.

As we all know, Sun Tzu's Art of War emphasizes knowing yourself and the enemy in the chapter of "Mou Gong", and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

To know the enemy, you must also know yourself.

This is one of the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

The story of Ming Yingzong is a typical one who does not know himself or the enemy, and starts a war with arrogance, which leads to a big defeat, and the entire dynasty turns from prosperity to decline.

This is the consequence of not believing in Sun Tzu's theory of the Art of War.

In the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang started as a commoner, and gradually became a hero in the bloody winds of the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. In the end, he defeated heroes from all walks of life, expelled the Mongolian Yuan who had occupied the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, restored China, and established the Ming Dynasty.

Of the several generations of emperors in the early Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally the hero of the generation.

Since Chengzu Zhu Di started from him, the emperor guarded the gate of the country and moved his capital to Beiping. He fought several wars with the northern grassland people, which led to the weakening of the power of the Mongolian Yuan and the continuous internal division, weakening the threat to Ming Dynasty.

The fifth emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was taken by his grandfather Zhu Di when he was young. Even when Zhu Di went on an expedition to Mobei, he also took this holy grandson with him to teach how to lead the army to fight. Therefore, this Shoucheng king created the The rule of Renxuan.

The politics of the Ming Dynasty were clear, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and all nations came to the dynasty.

Unfortunately, the Taiping Emperor only reigned for ten years and died young at the age of 38.

It's even more pity that his son, Mayor Yingzong Zhu Qi, was in the deep palace, unaware of the sufferings of the people, and became emperor at the age of nine.

The government is presided over by the grandmother Zhang, assisted by virtuous ministers, and continues to implement various policies of the Xuanzong period, and the society and people's livelihood are also developing.

However, the little emperor who was born in the emperor's family and grew up in the deep palace has only the eunuch as his playmate. He trusts the eunuch Wang Zhen and relies on Wang Zhen.

When he was in charge at the age of 20, he still relied on Wang Zhen for everything.

When the Empress Dowager Zhang was around, Wang Zhen didn’t dare to act with authority. After Zhang’s death, the three veteran ministers who served as assistants retired one after another. This Wang Zhen took advantage of the emperor’s trust and began to plant party members in the court. The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty monopolized power From here on.

At that time, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were monopolizing power, so how bold and reckless were they?

It happened two years before the Civil War.

The eunuch Xining was also deeply trusted by Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty. Xining took a fancy to a field house and yard in Fu Guogong Zhang Fu's house, and wanted to seize it. He was cleansed, but unable to enter the palace to serve, so he worked as a servant in a powerful family. Xisheng forced the demolition, and naturally had a fight with the tenant, killing a pregnant woman, killing two people.

Zhang Fu goes to the judicial department to sue, Xin Ning counterattacks Zhang Fu and raises self-cleaning slaves.

No one in the judiciary dared to offend, and the matter was handed over to the emperor.

Yingzong actually sidelined the fight. He pardoned Xining and asked Xisheng to spend money to atone for his crimes.

The self-cleaning slaves of Zhang Fu's family were also exiled into the army.

An extremely personable official, noble from the four dynasties, Tuogu minister, once the most powerful general under Chengzu Zhu Di, the military god who conquered Annan and made the Annan people submit. .

In the Ming court, eunuchs were in control, and this was already the case before the incident.

Yingzong called the eunuch Wang Zhen, Mr. Wang, Xining was just flattering Wang Zhen's slave, Zhang Fu couldn't even provoke the slave's slave, who can stop Wang Zhen's misconduct?

This is the situation of the court in the Ming Dynasty. It is no longer the appearance of the hero Zhu Di, or even the appearance of the Taiping Emperor Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji.

(End of this chapter)