Know yourself and know yourself, and you will win every battle.

I. Original text

Therefore: know yourself and know yourself, and you will be invincible; Know yourself and yourself, one wins and one loses; If you don't know each other, if you don't know your friends, every battle will be dangerous.

Second, translation.

Therefore: know yourself and know yourself, and you will be invincible; Those who know not the enemy but know the enemy are equal in victory and defeat; If you don't know yourself and yourself, you won't be defeated.

Third, the source

the art of war

Extended data

First, the creative background

Sun Tzu's Art of War, also known as Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Tzu and Sun Wu's Art of War, was written by Sun Wu. Sun Wu was born in Qi at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. He was exiled to the State of Wu by the State of Qi, assisted the King of Wu in running the country and the army, became a famous vassal, and was honored as a "soldier saint". Sun Tzu's Art of War is known as "the sacred book of military science" and "the first book of ancient military science". It has played an extremely important guiding role in ancient Chinese military art and war practice.

Second, the appreciation of works

Sun Tzu's Art of War is the earliest extant art book, which has always been highly respected and attracted many scholars. All thirteen articles, each beginning with Sun Tzu Yue, are focused, distinct, rigorous in logic, concise in language, simple in style, good in parallelism and narrative, and vivid and concrete in metaphor.

Three. Brief introduction of the author

Sun Wu (about 545 BC-about 470 BC), whose real name was Changqing, was born in Le 'an (now northern Shandong Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. China, a famous strategist and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period, was honored as a soldier's sage or grandson (Sun Wuzi), also known as the "most sacred strategist", known as the "teacher of a hundred schools of thought" and the originator of eastern military science.

Sun Wu was active from the end of 6th century BC to the beginning of 5th century BC, from Qi State to Wu State, and was recommended by the senior minister of Wu State (Wu Zixu). He presented thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War to He Lv, the king of Wu, and was reused as a general. He once led Wu Jun to defeat the Chu army, occupied the capital of Chu, and almost destroyed Chu. ?

His masterpiece, The Art of War, contains thirteen articles, which are highly praised by later military strategists. It is known as the "sacred book of military science" and ranks first among the seven military classics. Sun Tzu's Art of War occupies an extremely important position in the history of military affairs, military art and philosophy in China and even in the world, and is widely used in politics, economy, military affairs, culture, philosophy and other fields.

This book has been translated into English, French, German and Japanese, making it the most famous model of military science in the world.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sun Tzu's Art of War, Strategy and Attack