[chū qí zhì shèng]

Victory by surprise

Victory by surprise: A quote from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu: "Any warrior must use justice and surprise (ji) ) wins. Therefore, those who are good at making surprises are as infinite as heaven and earth, and as endless as rivers."

Qi (ji) is a mathematical word. The ancients also called "odd numbers" and "odd ones". part.

The original meaning of the Art of War is that when fighting the enemy with regular soldiers, an extra force must always be ambushed, that is, a surprise (ji) force. The ability of surprise troops to surprise and disrupt the enemy's deployment during battle is the key to a quick victory. (See "Hua Shan explains Sun Tzu's Art of War")

Therefore, the appropriate explanation of this idiom should be: at a critical moment, surprise soldiers are used to achieve quick victory.

Win by surprise

Source

"The Art of War"

Pinyin

chū qí zhì shèng

Original meaning

At the critical moment, surprise troops are used to achieve quick victory