Sun Tzu's Janus Face: Having It Both Ways with the War

孫子的兩種面貌：在戰爭中左右逢源

朱文章(Wen-Zhang Zhu)

《高應科大人文社會科學學報》 8卷2期 (2011/12) Pp. 305-316

https://doi.org/10.29888/KUASJHSS.201112.0007

摘要

孫子追求「不戰而屈人之兵」，認為這是智將分內之事。但即使目標如此崇高，他本人並未完全遵此要領辦事，並未把諸般作戰手段置之不顧，也沒把自己當成旁觀者一般，完全不在乎勝負。這種表面上推行某種理念，自己對自己宣揚的理念底蘊和限制卻又十分心知肚明，能夠隨時告誡自己「說一套做一套」、以免自縛手腳的人不少，但孫子堪稱箇中翹楚。能如此巧妙地抓住讀者的心思，進而左右逢源，端賴抓住事情重點，實事求是，這種功夫的確匠心獨具，可見孫子撰寫時用心之良苦。

關鍵字

孫子 ； 孫子兵法 ； 全勝 ； 戰勝 ； 戰略

並列摘要

Sun Tzu preaches the gospel of fighting without fighting, which should be the ultimate ambition of any competent general. Nevertheless, as admirable a goal as this is, he is not insistent to the point that all practical considerations are forsaken and the war simply becomes a game of saving ammunition and watching the enemy like a spectator in a football game. Sun Tzu is a first-rate example of somebody who preaches the gospel, yet they are so lucid and realistic about the limitations of what they preach that they are willing to distance themselves from the very ideas that they seek disseminate in order to not be mired and blinded by the follies of their own wisdom. This is a rare feat for someone who has such a grapple on the imaginations of his admirers, to be able to not fall into the trap of extreme fundamentalism and see things for the way they are, not what they hope and aspire to.

並列關鍵字

Sun Tzu ； The Art of War ； Holistic Victory ； Subdued Victory ； Strategy