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| 36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu |
36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu. If I had previously written western political philosophy represented by the views of Niccolo Machiavelli in his famous book Il Principe (The Prince).
Now I will write philosophical and tactics of war and politics from the east represented by the views of Sun Tzu in his famous book Sunzi Bingfa namely Sun Tzu's The Art of war.
36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu
If according to the ancient Chinese under the heavens there are only 36 strategies and these strategies are said to have been written by the legendary figure "Sun Tzu" in the book Art of War and these strategies have been applied in various wars both in common sense and in business and politics for more than 25 century.
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| 36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu (source) |
36 Sun Tzu strategies are said to have been used by: Genghis Khan in the 13th century in conquering his territory from Mongol, China, Siberia to approaching Europe.
Napoleon as a young man read and studied the book from the Jesuit monks who translated it from Chinese in 1782. Mao Zedong's way of thinking and acting was also heavily influenced by Sun Tzu's strategy, as seen in Mao's Red book.
Hitler also studied Sun Tzu's strategy, and used it to capture Poland in the week-long Blitzkrieg operation. And the Allied attack on the Normandy invasion and the ruse of the Pas de Calais.
In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Protector in the Gulf region, General Norman Schwarzkopf studied Sun Tzu's war strategy book.
This strategy has been shown to remain relevant even after 25 centuries. To date, these 36 strategies have been recognized in both the military and business circles in various ways. Below are 36 legendary strategies.
36 Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu
Chapter 1
1. Tricking the sky to cross the ocean. This means moving in the dark or hiding behind the scenes will only attract suspicion to the enemy. In order to weaken the enemy's defenses, you must act in the open, hiding your intentions with your normal activities so as not to be suspected.
2. Surround Wei to save Zhao. When the enemy is too strong to be attacked, then attack something valuable he has. In other words, you can attack something that the enemy relates to or deems valuable in order to weaken him psychologically.
3. Borrow someone's hand to kill. Attack using the strength of the other party, such as: building allies to attack the enemy, bribing enemy employees to become traitors, or using the enemy's strength to fight himself.
4. Make enemies exhausted while saving energy. It is an advantage to be able to plan the time and place of battle. This way, you will know when and where the battle will take place, whereas your enemy will not. Encourage your enemies to waste energy while you collect or save energy. When he's exhausted and confused, you attack.
5. Take advantage of the opportunity when there is a fire to loot (Robbing a burning house.) When a country is experiencing internal conflict, or when corruption and crime are rampant, it will not be able to deal with external threats. This is the time to attack the country or finish off its leadership.
6. Pretend to attack from the east and attack from the west. With each battle, the element of surprise can yield a double advantage.
Chapter 2
7. Create something blank. Using the same tricks over and over again. After acting on the first trick and the second trick, the enemy will definitely hesitate to react to the third trick. So in the third trick there must be a real attack to chase the enemy when his defense is weak and his mind is confused.
8. Quietly use Chen Chang's trajectory. (Repair the main road to take another route.) The most famous examples of this tactic are: the Allied invasion of Normandy and the Pas de Calais ruse. Attack the enemy with two combined forces.
The first was a direct hit, something that was very obvious and made the enemy prepare its defense. The second is an indirect but terrifying main attack, the enemy is thoughtless and divides his strength so that at the last moment he realizes his wrong move.
9. Monitor the flames burning along the river. In the event of warfare between enemies, delay entering the battlefield until all warring parties are exhausted by the battle that has occurred between them. Then attack at full force and finish everything there is.
10. The knife was buried in a smile. Praise and sweet talk about your enemies. When you have his trust and he is off guard, then you move against him in secret.
11. Small trees make sacrifices for big trees. (Sacrifice silver to defend gold.) There are situations where you have to sacrifice short-term goals in order to gain long-term goals. This is a scapegoat strategy where one person will be sacrificed to save another.
12. Steal goats along your journey (Take advantage of opportunities to steal goats.) While sticking to your plan, you need to be flexible enough to take the slightest opportunity.
Chapter 3
13. Shock the snake by hitting the grass around it. When you don't know your opponent's plan clearly, attack and study your opponent's reaction. His behavior will reveal his strategy and where the attack will go.
14. Borrow someone else's corpse to revive his soul. (Bring the dead back to life.) Take old institutions, organizations, technologies, ideas, or things that have been forgotten or neglected and use them for their own benefit.
15. Play with the tiger to leave the nest. Never directly attack an enemy who has an advantage because of his good position or great strength. Play with them to leave the nest so they are far from the source of their strength.
16. If you want to catch someone, let that person go. The cornered prey will usually attack blindly. To prevent this, let the enemy believe that there is still a chance to run. Their desire to attack will be drastically reduced by the eagerness to run away, but when finally the freedom they desire is seen, the enemy's morale will drop and they will surrender without a fight.
17. Throwing Bricks to get Jade. Set up traps and beat your enemies with bait. In war, bait is the illusion of chance for victory. In everyday life, bait is an illusion of wealth, power, and sex, all of which are the most effective traps.
18. Defeat the enemy by capturing the leader. If the enemy army is strong but led by a commander who relies on money and threats, then take the leader.
If the commander dies or is captured the remaining troops will either scatter or run to your side. However, if the troops are bound by the trust in their leader, then be careful, the troops will be able to continue the fight with the motivation of revenge.
Chapter 4
19. Keep firewood away from the cooking stove. When faced with an enemy who is very strong against him, you must first weaken his power base or attack the resources that make him strong.
20. Fishing in cloudy water. Before taking on enemy forces, create chaos to weaken their perception and judgment. Do something unusual, strange, and unthinkable to them, thereby arousing the enemy's suspicion and confusing his mind. Confused enemies will find it easier to attack.
21. Remove the insect skin. (Appearances deceive the enemy.) When you are cornered, and you only have a chance to run away and have to unite the group, create an illusion. While the enemy's attention is focused on your trick, move your troops stealthily behind you so that the enemy is out of sight.
22. Close the door to catch the thief. If you have a chance to catch all enemies then go for it, then the battle will end soon. Allowing the enemy to flee will sow new seeds of conflict. However, if they do manage to escape, be careful about chasing them.
23. Make friends with faraway countries and attack neighboring countries. It is known that countries bordering each other become enemies while countries that are far apart are good allies. When you become the strongest in a region, your greatest threat will be the second strongest person in the region, not from the strongest in another area.
24. Find a safe path to colonize the Guo Kingdom. Borrow allied resources to attack common enemies. Once the enemy has been defeated, use these resources to place your ally in the first position to be attacked.
Chapter 5
25. Replace the blocks with bad wood. Interfering with the enemy's standard formation, interfering with his method of operation, changing the rules he was using, making things go against his standard training. This way you have knocked down the support poles the enemy needs to build an effective army.
26.Look at the marlberry tree and bother the caterpillars. To discipline, or remind a party of its status or position without direct confrontation; use analogy or satire without directly mentioning names. the accused would not be able to retaliate without appearing stupid.
27. Pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger. (Dress like a fool.) Hide your intelligence behind a mask of ignorance, to create illusion and confusion in your enemies.
Lure your opponent to underestimate your abilities until he becomes too sure of himself, thereby lowering his guard and defense. When this situation occurs you can attack him at full strength and the enemy will be easily defeated because of his pride.
28. Take out the ladder when the enemy reaches the top (Cross the river and destroy the bridge.) With bait and ruse, get your enemy into a dangerous area you recognize. Then cut off the lines of communication and your enemy's path to escape the area. So to save himself, he must fight 2 defeats at once, namely fighting you and fighting with dangerous realms at the same time.
29. Decorate the tree with fake flowers. Gluing silk flowers to the tree gives the illusion that the tree is healthy. Using this kind of gimmick and disguise will make something insignificant appear valuable; it can also make the threat appear harmless.
30. Make the hosts and guests switch places. Defeat the enemy from within, by infiltrating the opponent's stronghold through cooperation, or surrender, or a peace treaty. This way you will find weaknesses and then while the enemy troops are resting, attack them directly at the heart of the defense.
Chapter 6
31. A very beautiful trap. (seduction trap, or using a woman to trap a man.) Send your enemy a beautiful woman who will cause strife at the enemy base. This strategy can work at three levels.
First, the ruler will be so enchanted by her beauty that she will neglect her duties and her alert level will drop dramatically.
Second, men generally show an aggressive attitude which will lead to disputes between them if it is related to women's problems, this causes weak cooperation and a decrease in their morale.
Third, women will be motivated by mutual jealousy and envy which will lead to intrigue which in turn worsens the situation at the enemy base.
32. Clear the fort. (Psychological traps, empty fortresses will make the enemy think that the fortress is full of traps.) When the enemy numbers are strong and the situation is not favorable for you, then don't resort to military tricks and act as normal.
If the enemy doesn't know exactly what your situation is, this unusual action will raise awareness. With luck, the enemy will relax his attacks and will focus more on strengthening his defenses because he is too vigilant.
33. Let enemy spies spread conflict over their defensive grounds. (Use enemy spies to spread false information.) Weak your enemy's combat capabilities by allowing enemy spies to enter your fortress clandestinely, but pass false information about you to spies.
34. Injure yourself to gain the enemy's trust. (Be bait.) Pretending to be hurt has two possibilities. The first possibility, the enemy will relax for a moment because he no longer sees you as a serious threat anymore. The second is how to lick the enemy by pretending to be hurt.
35. Tie all enemy ships together (Never rely on one strategy.) In critical cases, one must use several strategies being executed simultaneously. This way, if one strategy fails, you still have several other strategies to move forward. or in other terms besides plan A, also prepare plan B, for plan Z, in an attack.
36. Despite all of the above, one of the most famous is the 36th strategy: running to fight another time. This is enshrined in the form of the Chinese adage "If all else fails, back away" - If it is clear that your whole plan is doomed to failure, stepping back and rallying the troops is a wise move.
Or simply put, when your party loses there are only three choices: surrender, compromise, or run away. Surrender is clearly defeat, compromise is half defeat, but running away is not defeat. As long as you don't lose, you still have a chance to win next time!
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| 36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu |
The Chinese say that, "There are only 36 Strategies Under Heaven", this shows that all modern or classical war strategies are variations of the 36 basic strategies above. And in fact, today's military and business strategy is the development of the 36 The Legendary Strategy of the Art of War By Sun Tzu.
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