Recently, the city within a city mentioned that there will be five dangers, which are the five character shortcomings of generals, or managers, in the Nine Changes chapter of Sun Tzu's Art of War. The shortcomings of leadership are themselves character shortcomings, and even these are the five shortcomings of human nature.
The original text is, therefore, there will be five dangers, death can be killed, life can be captured, anger can be insulted, honesty can be humiliated, and love the people can be annoying.
Translated into modern Chinese, it means that there are 5 kinds of weaknesses in generals, fatal weaknesses. The same comes.
One is sure to die and can be killed. If you are brave and have no strategy, you only know that if you fight to the death, you are in danger of being killed.
Cao Cao commented: "Brave and careless, you will want to fight to the death, you can't bend, you can lie in the middle of it." ”
When you encounter someone who is brave and unscrupulous, and who wants to fight to the death, do not fight him head-on, but draw him in, and set up ambushes to eat him.
Huangshi Gong has a similar view: "The brave are good at doing their will, and the foolish do not care about their death." "The brave are good at doing what they want, and the brave like to do what they want, and are not willing to give up their plans because of danger. If he happens to be stupid, he doesn't care about his death, and he doesn't see the danger of death.
Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu who was unparalleled in bravery and undefeated, was finally defeated by Han Xin's ambush on all sides.
will be born, but it can be captured. It means that if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you can take them captive.
Cao Cao commented: "Seeing that Li is afraid and does not advance. "The simple understanding is that you can't be too cowardly, too conservative, and only think about preserving yourself. The three major wars of the Three Kingdoms period, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling Yaoting, were all absolutely inferior forces defeating strong enemies. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, no matter how much the Japanese army won successive battles at the beginning, the Chinese army simply did not surrender. This led to the subsequent strategic stalemate, the strategic counteroffensive, and finally the unconditional surrender of Japan.
These two are a couple, and you should neither be too aggressive nor overly conservative. Nine changes and nine changes are to ask you to constantly change and correct according to the actual situation.
Angry, insulting. Cao Cao commented: "Those who are in a hurry can be angry and insulted. ”
If you are quick and irritable and narrow-minded, your enemies will take advantage of your weakness in character, provoke you, insult you, and lure you into the bait.
Chu and Han fought for hegemony, Peng Yue returned to Gucheng, Xiang Yu personally went to the rescue, leaving the great Sima Cao to stay in place, and warned him not to fight, just hold for fifteen days. During this period, Cao Zhi ignored Xiang Yu's warnings, was angered by Liu Bang's constant insults and challenges, and led his troops to cross the river, and the Han army took the opportunity to launch an attack, breaking Cao Ji's army, and Cao Ji's army was defeated and committed suicide.
Li Shimin's beheading of Song Laosheng is also an example. Song Laosheng led 20,000 elite soldiers to defend Huoyi. Li Yuan came to attack. Li Shimin said that Song Laosheng was brave and unstrategic, and he would definitely fight. So, Li Yuan laid an ambush outside the city, and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin took dozens of horsemen to the city to insult Song Laosheng. Song Laosheng really couldn't stand it and led the army out of the city. As a result, he was ambushed, and then Li Shimin seized the city gate, cut off the way back, and was killed on the spot.
Incorruptible, humiliating.
My understanding is that if you cherish your feathers too much, you will be humiliated. The most regrettable thing is Yue Fei who recovered the 18 tokens, Yue Fei may not be the Yue Fei of later generations, but perhaps the Southern Song Dynasty also settled in the Central Plains because of this. Qin Shi Huang's crown prince Fusu, the grand prize Meng Tian suffered an injustice, did not defend and resisted, and committed suicide directly, leaving a loyal reputation. Such an ending is indeed regrettable.
Love the people, but it's annoying. If you are lenient and love the people, you are in danger of being disturbed, which is what we often call the kidnapping of Germany.
Some people concluded that Liu Bang is invincible.
Xiang Yu arrested his father and wife Lu Pheasant, stripped his father naked and tied him up
On the board, there is a big pot next to it, saying that if you don't fight, you will cook your father and kill your wife. Liu Bang stood on the city wall and responded loudly: "Let's be brothers in front of King Huai, my father is your father, if you want to cook our father, then share a bowl of soup for me to drink." As for my wife, if you want to kill it, it doesn't matter. Xiang Yu was so angry in front of his rogue face that he turned pale, but in the end he didn't harm his family.
Again, Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu and fled, Xiahou Ying drove, and he and a pair of children were in the car, that is, the later Emperor Xiaohui of Han and Princess Lu Yuan. After there were chasing soldiers, the situation was urgent, Liu Bang felt that there were too many people in the car, and he didn't run fast enough, so he kicked a pair of children off the car with two feet, and ran by himself. Xia Houying hurriedly stopped the car and picked up the two children, "If it is three", it was done three times. And every time Xiahou Ying brought the children back, the frightened child hugged his neck tightly, and he did not immediately urge the horse to gallop, but slowly coaxed the children to calm down before the horse left. Liu Bang was so angry that he wanted to kill Xiahou Ying, but no one drove the car after killing him. In the end, he escaped unharmed.
The above five kinds of disasters are actually caused by character shortcomings, and in addition to generals and managers, ordinary people can also learn from this and correct their own character.