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How to learn "Sun Tzu's Art of War" (Part 1)

"Sun Tzu's Art of War", as "the world's most famous military strategist", has traveled through ancient and modern times and is famous both at home and abroad, "attracting countless heroes to their knees" . Since the 1950s, Japan's "Art of War Management School" has emerged, attracting countless people in the non-military field to learn from it, study it, and apply it. However, because it is a military masterpiece written 2,500 years ago, the age, the distance between the words, the profoundness of the thoughts, and the special field make it difficult for ordinary people to recognize its true face and understand its true spirit despite the rich meaning of the text. The ancients said, "Give a man a fish, and teach him how to fish. If you give a man a fish, you can only feed him for one meal; if you give him a fish, he can feed you for a lifetime." The importance and urgency of promoting learning methods is no less than the popularization of content. To this end, I made a statistics: Using "Sun Tzu's Art of War" as the search term in China National Knowledge Infrastructure's "Chinese Journal Full-text Database", I found ***284 core journal articles from 1980 to 2009, expounding on "Sun Tzu's Art of War" There is only one article on learning methodology, and it is by Mr. Li Ling. This shows that many researchers of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", especially those who pay attention to "learning and applying", have not paid enough attention to this point. However, a few of today's experts, such as Wu Rushong, Xue Guoan, and Li Ling, have dedicated articles to elaborate on this issue. It can be seen that the vision of authoritative and famous experts is not entirely focused on "present learning and current application."

Today, as a lover, collector, and learner of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" for many years, I combine the views of contemporary masters and some of my own experiences to learn about the origins of "Sun Tzu's Art of War". Scholars give an introduction. It can also be said that using "Sun Tzu's Art of War" as an example, let's mention some learning methods for Chinese classics such as "The Book of Changes", "Laozi" and "The Analects of Confucius".

In summary, let’s talk about four points: one ideological understanding; two psychological preparations; four basic steps; and one simple secret. It's easy to remember, "1241".

1. An ideological understanding

We must first fully realize mentally that the main purpose and value of studying "The Art of War" is to improve the level of wisdom.

If the primary issue of learning motivation is not solved, learning enthusiasm and effectiveness will be impossible. Many people don't care about this point. When asked why they want to learn "Sun Tzu's Art of War", the answers are mostly the following two - one is "There is a 'Chinese Studies' craze' now. Everyone is learning it, so I will learn it too." , The second is "Learn some Sun Tzu's art of war strategies, and you will not suffer in society." These ideas are good, but they just miss the center and key points. "The Art of War" is by no means an ordinary Chinese culture knowledge reading, nor is it a trivial skill to "defend against others", but a great wisdom from a great university.

So, what are the application values ??of "Sun Tzu's Art of War"? Teacher Yao Zhenwen of Shandong Binzhou University summarized it in his masterpiece "Great Wisdom without Borders" as "the perfect combination of philosophical brilliance, strategic value, scientific rationality, competition, dominance, thinking characteristics, aesthetic value, idealism and realism" The eight aspects should be relatively comprehensive. However, Hong Bing, a strategic research expert at the Academy of Military Sciences, summarized it more concisely in "Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Way of Managers and Generals", which is now recorded below: First, ""Sun Tzu's Art of War" profoundly reveals the law of competition and is the way to win. , can help us remain invincible in today's fierce competition. "Second, "Sun Tzu's Art of War fully demonstrates strategic wisdom, is the way to lead, and can help us improve our strategic thinking level." "Sun Tzu's Art of War" contains rich cultural connotations and is a huge cultural industry that can help us form a unique competitive advantage in economic development. "In the final analysis, "Sun Tzu's Science" is a science that acquires great wisdom. This is what every learner should keep in mind.

2. Two psychological preparations

In addition to ideological understanding when we study "The Art of War", we must also make two psychological preparations: One preparation is to abandon the attitude towards learning. Prejudice, respect Yuan Dian; another preparation is to overcome difficulties and persevere in learning will.

1. Abandon prejudice and respect Yuandian.

In real life, many people do not actually understand "The Art of War".

What's even more interesting is that some fierce opponents and critics don't know it either. They just take it for granted and confidently talk nonsense. To deal with such people, we have to adopt the approach that Mao Zedong asked Kaifeng at the Zunyi Conference - "Have you read "Sun Tzu's Art of War"? Do you know how many chapters there are in "Sun Tzu's Art of War"? What is the title of the first chapter?" ?” In most cases, the other party is speechless. In this case, it is not difficult for us to find two prejudices against "The Art of War" that need to be completely abandoned.

First, we must completely abandon the prejudice that "The Art of War" is conspiracy. One reason that cannot be ignored is the confusion between "The Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Strategies". One of the books in my collection is "Sun Tzu's Book of Marketing". When you look at the title of the book, it must be "Sun Tzu's Art of War" applied to marketing. In fact, the content in it has nothing to do with Sun Tzu. It is an authentic "Thirty Years" book. Six Strategies". Even the authoritative media CCTV aired a popular movie "The Art of War and Thirty-Six Strategies". In fact, it was all about the story of Sun Bin and Pang Juan, and all Thirty Strategies were used. This is also the same as our Sun Wuzi. It doesn't matter. It is conceivable how much negative impact it has caused, and CCTV is most guilty! In fact, strategy is a "double-edged sword". The key depends on what you use it for, whether it is for good or evil. Moreover, strategies can usually be divided into "outrageous strategies" and "conspiracies", or according to the famous strategist Mr. Luo Zhihua's point of view, they can be divided into "righteous strategies" and "deceitful strategies" based on whether there are elements of deception. From this point of view, the conclusion that "Sun Tzu's Art of War is a conspiracy" is at least incomplete. As long as you further understand "Sun Tzu's Art of War", it is not difficult to find that the most important thing about her victory is not "conspiracy" but It's a "conspiracy". I would like to ask: "The more you can win, the less you can't win, and what's more, nothing can count." Is the idea of ??"predicting victory" a conspiracy? "Victory in a hundred battles is not a good thing; subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is a good thing." Is the idea of ??"complete victory" a conspiracy? "Know your enemy and yourself, and you will be invincible in a hundred battles; know the sky and the earth, and you will have endless uses." Is the idea of ??"knowing victory" a conspiracy? ...Obviously not, so today we take too much of it for granted and misunderstand too many Chinese classics including "The Art of War".

Second, we must completely abandon the prejudice that "Sun Tzu's Art of War is an antique, outdated and useless". Of course, there are still very few scholars who actually hold this view, but there are still many people among the general public. This is mainly related to the value orientation and impetuous thinking of today's society. Nowadays, people look at "money" in everything, and whether it is useful or not is measured by the output of money, and what they want is immediate results and quick success. As you may not know, "The Art of War", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Cai Gen Tan" are very popular in Japanese shopping malls. They did not "directly open up the big and small Zhoutian to implement the great shift of the world" overnight. They also continued to practice through entrepreneurs such as Ohashi Takeo and Matsushita Konosuke. As a result, it is impossible to make a fortune every day just by reading "The Art of War". This reminds me of the words of Mr. Sun Yikai, an expert on Laozi: "I have always believed that Chinese philosophy is not a tool. It cannot teach people the skills to make a living, nor can it teach people knowledge about biochemistry and electricity. In a sense, it can It is said that Chinese philosophy is useless. But Chinese philosophy gives people a kind of care, a kind of spirit, and a kind of realm. In this sense, Chinese philosophy is useless." And "The Art of War" is an ancient book. "An excellent military book is also an excellent philosophical work." (Feng Youlan said) It is not only "the use of useless things", but also "the great use of great things". As for the "great use", it has been explained above, so I won't go into details.

So, what attitude should we take towards "The Art of War"? The most basic attitude is two words: respect! Voltaire famously said, "I don't agree with your opinion, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." What is the spirit of this? Just respect! This reminds me of one of the essential qualities of a psychological counselor: respect for the client, which means that no matter whether the client is a murderer or a prostitute, the counselor must treat them equally in order to truly establish a good counseling relationship and maintain the normal progress of the consultation. , this is also the role of respect and the embodiment of human nature.

I believe that the best attitude towards Chinese classics such as "The Art of War", "The Book of Changes", "Laozi" and "The Analects of Confucius" should follow the order of "looking up - looking down - looking down". It's more appropriate and safer, at least it won't embarrass us.

The classics among the Chinese cultural classics, the wisdom beyond wisdom, have gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes and are still shining brightly. Countless people with lofty ideals, benevolent people, capable people, and foreign scholars, elites and pillars of society continue to explore for the past. We ordinary people, yellow-haired children, are arrogant and blind as soon as they come up. Sir, is it appropriate? Let's face our ancestors first with a "righteous and sincere" attitude. In this way, we can quickly enter the palace of thought of the sages, truly get close to and listen to their wise teachings, and reflect on how today's material enjoyment exceeds that of the ancients, but how obvious the poverty of the spiritual world is, and how little we have for the universe and life. The overall understanding can only be disappointing! This is also the experience of the predecessors who have successfully used "The Art of War" in today's world. The famous Japanese entrepreneur Konosuke Matsushita worshiped his grandson as "the best god in the world", and Chiharu Hattori also regarded his grandson as a "rare genius", which is clear evidence.

After a long period of study, research and practice, as your vision expands, your thinking deepens, and your wisdom increases, we will be able to gradually get closer to the sages and discover that they are not perfect in their understanding. Basically, you can point out its shortcomings calmly and put forward your own opinions. If "looking up" means treating him as a teacher, then "looking up to him" means treating him as a friend. And "looking down" is a state that ordinary people cannot reach. Throughout the ages, how many people have looked down at Sun Tzu? Mao Zedong was one of them, "From Confucius to Sun Yat-sen, we should summarize and inherit this precious legacy." We must not "look up" to it. Emphasizing "taking the best and discarding the dross" is "looking down", while opposing Sun Tzu's teaching of "Don't chase the poor aggressors" and declaring "It is better to use the remaining to chase the poor aggressors" is certainly a manifestation of "looking down". It should be said that it is not easy for our learners to reach the second stage.

2. Overcome difficulties and persevere.

To be honest, it is very difficult to truly understand and use "The Art of War". This is also the essence of studying several other Chinese classics. The main reason is that the concentration is too high. "Sun Zi" has 5,000 words, "Laozi" has 5,000 words, and "The Book of Changes" has 5,000 words - these three 5,000 words are each more mysterious and difficult to understand than the last. This is due to the comprehensive and fuzzy thinking characteristics of our Chinese people, which means that generally only conclusions, methods and techniques are provided without demonstration and explanation. This is true for the prediction theory of the I Ching, the breathing and breathing theory of Qigong, the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and the Qi Zheng theory of the Art of War. Therefore, it brings a color of mysticism to Chinese culture and also increases the opportunities for our descendants to hone their will in the learning process. We learners, especially beginners, should not have any illusions at all. Just like learning mathematical formulas and theorems, you will master it after learning it, and you can immediately make great achievements. On the contrary, you must learn step by step, learn repeatedly, study like a grinder, study like a fascination, and after years and months, you will finally realize something and achieve something.