315. Sun Tzu's Art of War 18| first win and then seek battle, how to solve it? The essence of the Art of War is here!

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The fourth section of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Shape Chapter", puts forward another classic military guiding ideology, which can be described as wonderful.

The specific discussion is: "The victorious soldier wins first and then seeks to fight, and the defeated soldier fights first and then seeks victory." ”

In other words, it can also be understood as: winning first and seeking victory will win, and winning first will often lose.

【Original】

Seeing victory is not known to all, nor is the good of the unwise; victorious and the world is good, and the good of the non-good is also.

Therefore, qiu qiu is not much power, seeing the sun and moon is not blind, and hearing thunder is not deaf.

The so-called good warriors of the ancients are better than those who are easy to win.

Therefore, the victory of the good warrior is also without wisdom and without courage. Therefore, he who does not overcome, who does not, will win what he has taken, and he who has already lost will also win.

Therefore, those who are good at war stand in an invincible position, and do not lose the defeat of the enemy.

Therefore, the victorious soldiers win first and then seek war, and the defeated soldiers fight first and then seek victory.

【Definition】

Foreseeing victory does not exceed the insight of ordinary people, and it is not the most brilliant. With the courage of Ichisuke, fierce battles and then victory, even if the world praises, it is not counted as the most brilliant.

These are like: being able to lift up the autumn cannot be said to be strong; being able to see the sun and the moon is not good eyesight; hearing thunder is not an ear hearing.

In ancient times, the so-called people who were good at using soldiers were always good at grasping the fighters, and under the conditions of easy victory, they defeated those enemies, which seemed as easy as smashing eggs with stones.

It is precisely because of this that those who are really good at using soldiers have no reputation for superior wisdom and no meritorious achievements in the world, and he can win the battle without any mistakes, because his plans and measures can guarantee victory, and what he has defeated is actually only the enemy who is doomed to failure.

Therefore, those who are good at fighting always make sure that they are always invincible, and they will never let go of any fighter plane that can defeat the enemy.

Therefore, those armies that can win the battle always fight after the conditions for victory are met, and the troops who defeat the battle always fight blindly first, and then try to win the war by chance.

【Interpretation】

Reading this in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", it is like an empowerment, as if opening up the second vein of Ren Dou of the "Cognitive Domain".

After repeated thinking, the reason why ordinary people, high people, and gods are very different is indeed because thinking is not in one dimension.

01 Ordinary people's thinking is difficult to become a big thing

Everyone seems to be the same, but the difference in substance lies in thinking and cognition, and sometimes it is really like the big coffee joke - "greater than the difference between people and dogs"

Many people despise pretentiousness and often laugh at themselves as mortals, so they act according to the thinking of ordinary people.

In fact, because of this thinking, we are vaguely integrated into the public, it is impossible to emerge, and it is even more difficult to achieve superior achievements.

Let's take an example from life.

Some people speculate in stocks, buy funds blindly follow the trend, especially listen to all kinds of so-called "big coffee" analysis, use the so-called "public thinking" to buy and sell, when it rises, it is easy to be covered, and when it falls, it has to cut meat and stop losses, and it has properly become the "leek" of the trader.

But those who think with reverse thinking, on the basis of looking at long-term returns and reasonable expectations, buy when they fall, reduce their positions, hold them for a long time, reduce operations, but have good returns.

Imagine, if it is really such an effective "money-making routine", why don't those so-called "big coffee" "make a fortune in their own voices", but make it known to the world?!

There is also a "buzzword" that is worth playing, especially the logic behind it is particularly interesting. Some people laughed at people who became famous overnight: "Standing on the wind outlet, pigs can fly." ”

In fact, that person must be an "exceptionally intelligent pig", with a unique perspective, sharp thinking, and decisive action, because he first judged where the wind outlet was, and bravely stood up, and also stood up to the "strong wind"...

Looking back, will the "pig" choke back: "The person who said this, is it not as good as the pig?" ”

02 The high people have always acted low-key

This incisive exposition in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" interprets the low-key behavior to the extreme.

The text says that "the so-called good warriors of the ancients are better than those who are easy to win", and these good warriors "have no wisdom and no courage".

Because they put themselves in an invincible position and then grasp the fighter to defeat the enemy, they win the battle as easily as a stone and an egg, so that no one else knows that it is their credit.

This is similar to the allusion of the "Three Brothers of Bian Que".

According to the Records of History, Wei Wenhou asked Bian Que, "Of the three of you brothers, who has better medical skills?" ”

Bian Que said bluntly: "The eldest brother has the highest medical skills, the second brother is second, and he is the worst." ”

Wei Wenhou was curious, "Why did you say that?" ”

Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother treats the disease before the disease, diagnoses hidden dangers through looking, smelling, and cutting, and eradicates the cause of the disease in advance." Therefore, the reputation is not obvious, and the average person does not know his cleverness. ”

"When the second brother was cured of illness, most people thought that he could only look at minor diseases, so his fame was not great." Bian Que added.

Bian Que finally said: "And when I was seriously ill, I used needles and strong medicines to save people from critical situations, so everyone thought that I had the most skilled medical skills, and my fame spread all over the world." ”

This is the same as the principle of "the good warriors of the ancients", and the high people are often extremely low-key, not showing the mountains and not revealing the water.

03The gods strive to win the battle first

The gods, like the "big brother" in the three brothers of Bian Que, are good at shaping the situation, going with the flow, and first standing in an invincible position and then looking for a turnaround.

Therefore, the god-man who wins first and then fights always knows the other and knows himself, and in the end he will win every battle.

And the mediocre who fights first and seeks victory is like "riding a donkey to read the record book - walking and seeing", it is difficult to win, and even often loses.

God-man is good at "winning first and then seeking war" and achieving the goal of "a soldier who yields without fighting".

These two classic military guiding ideas are regarded as the essence of Sun Tzu's art of war.

In fact, there is also an internal logic in the two: "winning first and seeking war" can "not fight and yield to others", and "people who do not fight and yield" are based on "winning first and seeking war".

Translated in a few vernacular words: being able to fight and win, being well prepared to fight again, can deter the enemy from directly submitting; the reason why we can win without fighting is because we have ensured that we can "win the war."

Therefore, the real gods always silently accumulate strength, and then make a low-key appearance, and the appearance immediately shocks the four sides.

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