The Art of War PART 5

The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time, and one of the basic texts on the subject.

The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy in the world. It has had a huge influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu recognized the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.

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[TheWhoaDude]

I am getting annoyed with the "chess" and "go" metaphors.

[cocksout1]

@tvain86 your forgetting ol canada

[CompactJam]

@TheWhoaDude Try a Wash and Go metaphor then

[CompactJam]

@defiantwon33 Perhaps Celine Dione was a cruel and extreme example.

[CompactJam]

@defiantwon33 Of course Confucius comes later. The point of him is that he abbreviates largely taoist notions that were immensely complex to grasp and thus unavailable to the masses. Emerson employs similar methods in the US. 'to make an omelette you have to scramble eggs etc' However in isolation these kinds of philosophies are crass and inane and are often used to exclude cognitive skills. - Prejudiced? What have I prejudged about America? You think I have never been to the home of the brave?

[defiantwon33]

@CompactJam

"However many Americans believe their country is better than all others and that they should be more like America." i completely agree with you on this point, and find it to be a disagreeable quality. i feel that way about extreme nationalism in general -- signs that a government has done a very nice job in sedating and deceiving its people, BUT, again, this is NOT a quality solely indigenous to america. surely you know this.

[defiantwon33]

@CompactJam

however, the tao te ching predates the analects, therefore confucianism is taoist in nature, and not vice versa. i understand emersonian, and think that applying it as a negative would need to encompass all, for all cultures are laden with such expressions. "like me..."? think again; i wasn't attacking something i was unfamiliar with, i was attacking your prejiduce opinion, which i'm very much familiar with. i've been an expat for 13 years.

[defiantwon33]

@CompactJam

i will never forgive canada for celine dion!

i think you and i are on the same page.

[CompactJam]

@cocksout1 The worst international crime the Canadians have ever committed is Celine Dion and most of us can forgive that. :)

[CompactJam]

@defiantwon33 The my country is better than yours argument is one that will always rage. However many Americans believe their country is better than all others and that they should be more like America. It is this and the seemingly unreasoned violence that emanates from the US that has sadly lead to it being the most hated country in the world over just the last ten years. Quite simply America kills more innocent people than any other nation in it's various theatres of war and their people pay

[CompactJam]

@defiantwon33 No sir, Japan for example advocates that 70% of their population should have further education simply for the sake of it. Thebes in ancient Greece practiced similar ethics and so have many other states. You are also wrong in supposing I have never spotted the 'yoke' around my neck. I grew up in a fascist state that tried to brainwash us from birth but I left my home and live thousands of miles away now. Like you I felt a stranger in my own land.

[CompactJam]

@defiantwon33 All chinese philosphy that flourishes in the main stream is confucian in nature although you are correct. Several authors have contributed to the trend. Ralph Waldo Emerson develops a similar simplistic approach in America designed to 'boil down' complex issues to crass and pithy truisms like 'no pay no play' or 'in it to win it' etc until the reader can't actually deal with anything more complex. Instead like you they attack what is unknown because it doesn't conform .