Sun Tzu's opposition and connection
Contradiction between ourselves and the enemy, victory or defeat, peace and war, interests, life and death, strength, advance and retreat, sports, attack and defense, strangeness, reality, fatigue, courage, scarcity, distance, gains and losses, safety, directness and chaos control. These contradictions are not only interdependent, but also transformed into opposites under certain conditions.
The characteristics of mutual transformation between contradictory parties provide the possibility and necessity for giving full play to people's subjective initiative. The mutual transformation between contradictory parties is not passive, but should actively create conditions, or turn shortcomings into advantages, or turn shortcomings into advantages. Sun Tzu realized that "those who bow to the princes are harmful, those who serve the princes are businessmen, and those who seek the princes are profitable", and "those who can only get it are hungry." "Wait for the enemy on the battlefield first, and then work hard on the battlefield." "detour to lure its benefits, future generations have orders, and ancestors have arrived", thus "avoiding its spirit and hitting its land." There is also "chaos is born in governance, timidity is born in courage, and weakness is born in strength." "Throw it on the ground and save it, and then live after death."
Recognizing that things are made up of contradictions leads to the general principles and methods of understanding things and solving problems, that is, acknowledging contradictions, analyzing contradictions and solving contradictions.
2. The viewpoint of movement change
Sun Tzu pointed out: "Strange and positive are born together", "Chaos is born in governance, timidity is born in courage, and weakness is born in strength", and "the consideration of a wise man is bound to be mixed with interests. Doping is also credible, and doping can also be solved. "
"The five elements are impermanent, the four seasons are impermanent, the days are short and long, and the months are dead and alive." According to the theory of "Five Elements", "Five Elements" are "Golden Water, aquatic wood, Wood Fire, Fire Earth and Earth Gold; Jin Kemu, wood, earth, water, water, fire ".
"The soldier is shaped like water, and the water shape avoids high; The shape of a soldier, avoiding reality is empty. Water flows because of the enemy, and soldiers win because of the enemy. Therefore, the soldiers have no constant potential and the water is impermanent; Being able to win because of the change of the enemy is called God. "
Sun Tzu put forward five kinds of blind paranoia that lead to "destroying the army and killing the generals": "There will be five evils: death and killing; Will be born, return to Lu; The speed of anger, but also regret; Honesty can make people feel humiliated; It's annoying to love people. There are too many of these five things, and the disaster of war is too great. Destroying the army and killing the generals will be dangerous. You must not ignore it. " "Paranoid"! Blind paranoia! Can't ignore it!
3. Comprehensive and different perspectives
Sun Tzu analyzed the situation from five aspects: Tao, heaven, earth, generals and law, and judged the outcome of the war. Sun Tzu pointed out: "Soldiers, the great event of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival cannot be ignored." This is what the war must consider: the life and death of the people and the life and death of the country.
"Nine changes" means endless changes. Although there are many changes, there is a basic principle running through it, which is to handle the interest relationship well. "Therefore, the concerns of the wise will be mixed with interests. Doping is also credible, and doping can also be solved. " "Benefits are mixed", seeing the positive side, people are full of confidence in the future and things can develop smoothly; "Miscellaneous harm", seeing the harmful side, can nip in the bud, or turn the corner, thus lifting the disaster.
Tao, heaven, earth, generals and dharma. "Tao" is the first! To do everything well, we must be comprehensive, and we must have a master and a second time. Only a master can have a second time.
"Ever victorious, one good turn deserves another; Defeat the enemy's soldiers without fighting, and the good ones are also. " "Therefore, soldiers attack, followed by cutting, followed by cutting soldiers, siege. The method of attacking the city is a last resort. "Soldiers include walkers, stragglers, sinkers, collapses, chaos and northerners." Sun Tzu pointed out: "These six things are not natural disasters and should be overcome."