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形機成勢：解讀《孫子兵法》制勝兵道
Ying-Yang Power Principle: Decoding the Underlying Principles of Victory in ＂The Art of War＂
摘要
本研究在探索蘊涵於《孫子兵法》的哲學性通案規律，希望為《孫子兵法》研究理出一條執簡馭繁的新脈絡。本研究從《孫子兵法》形、勢、虛實三個核心概念入手，提出「虛實是決定勝負的準據」以及「虛實是以勢作為衡量」兩個命題；再將「勢」的概念與近代物理學的能量概念連結，並借助「機」字訣作為「轉形成勢」的中介因子，得出「形機成勢、以勢取勝」的概念作為《孫子兵法》兵道的基本規律。另也對十三篇進行檢視，以論證將「機」字訣納為《孫子兵法》兵道的一個核心概念，性質上屬於《孫子兵法》隱藏思想的揭露，而非外來概念的嵌入。本研究最後以「形機成勢、以勢取勝」為基礎，進一步展開出稱為「孫子虛實五律」具操作性的實用法則。
並列摘要
This article is an inquiry into the underlying principles of victory which guide the overall arguments of Sun Tzu's The Art of War (AOW). The relations among the three core concepts of AOW, namely, the Tangible Strength, TS (xing), the Potential Energy Power, P (shi), the Fragility and Solidity, FS (xushi) are redefined, and a key intermediate variable, the Intangible Opportunity, ITO ( ji) is introduced. A Ying-Yang Power Principle (xingji chengshi; YYP, where the Ying stands for the ITO, and the Yang the TS) is drawn from the inquiry process; and the YYP Principle conceptually integrates the three key variables TS, ITO and P into one equation, i.e., P= TS X ITO, where the P is the measurement of the FS, and FS is, in turn, the criteria of victory. The authors reviewed the entire text of 13 chapters in AOW and argued that ITO is a concept implicit in Sun Tzu's works. This article further derives five corollaries from the YYP Principle to enhance its operability.