What are Sun Tzu's famous aphorisms?

1. Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. Being able to win because of the enemy's change is called God.

Virtual reality from Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Potential: mode, mode. God: Extraordinary ability. The general idea of these two sentences is that there is no fixed pattern for leading troops to fight, just as there is no fixed form for water. Those who can win according to the changes of the enemy's situation are called leading troops like gods.

Sun Tzu believes that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and we can't stick to a certain form of combat. Just as water has no fixed form, it is round in a round container and square in a square container. Only by taking flexible countermeasures according to the number of enemies, the quality of equipment, the level of morale, the quality of commanders and the supply of military supplies can we win. These words can be used to illustrate that when using troops or doing other work, we should judge the situation and make plans flexibly, and we should not stick to dogma and stick to the rules.

You win if you know whether you can fight or not.

From Sun Tzu's Art of War: Make a decision before you move.

A general who knows when to fight and when not to fight can win. Generals who can assess the situation and know each other are good at using tactics flexibly in war. Fight if you win, don't fight if you don't win, and you won't be swayed by emotions and act blindly. This will naturally win the battle.

3. Make good use of soldiers, avoid their spirits and hit their land.

From Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Debate

Leisure: Sun Tzu divided morale into three types: high spirits, laziness during the day and low spirits. Idleness refers to teachers whose morale is exhausted and declining.

Generals who are good at commanding operations should avoid the enemy's anger and wait until the enemy's morale drops and he is exhausted before attacking. The operational principle of "avoiding the enemy's anger and hitting him on the ground" is the same as "avoiding reality and being empty", that is, when the enemy and I are equal in strength, we can make temporary concessions to maintain the spirit of our army, make the enemy tired and depressed, reduce its advantages, and then deal a fatal blow to the enemy when the time is ripe.

Soldiers are cunning, so they can show that they can't, use them instead of using them, show that they are near and far, and show that they are far and near.

From Sun Tzu's Art of War

Trick: fraud. Tao: knowledge, theory. Show him: Show him.

War is a kind of knowledge that deceives and confuses the other side with false appearances. Therefore, if you are strong, you must pretend to be weak; Originally fighting, but disguised as vulnerable; Have approached the enemy, but pretend to be far apart; It's supposed to be far away, but it's pretending to be close. In short, we should mislead the enemy everywhere. As the saying goes, "All is fair in war". Between wars, we must use camouflage to make the enemy have an illusion, make a wrong judgment, and then take the opportunity to attack the enemy. I'm sure to win. Tactics derived from these words, such as drawing from the east to the west and drawing from the north, all confuse the enemy with illusions, thus achieving the expected goal.