I-Sun Tzu: Imbongolo Yempi

nguDavid Swanson, Disemba 10, 2017

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Sun Tzu, incwadi yakhe, The Art of War, yalotshwa eminyakeni engaba ngu-2,500 100 edlule phakathi nenkathi yempi eqhubekayo, futhi eladuma eNtshonalanga eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule (esikhathini nje sempi yezimboni), liyisibonelo esiphambili salokho okungalungile ngokumba amazwibela asendulo njengeziqondiso zesenzo namuhla izindawo zempi nokuthula.

"Ukuze umthelela webutho lakho ufane netshe lokugaya eliphahlazeke eqandeni - lokhu kwenziwa isayensi yamaphuzu abuthakathaka futhi aqinile."

Lokhu “kuhlakanipha” akunikezi lutho kumshisekeli wesimanje ngokwemibandela yakhe, futhi akunikezeli lutho ngisho nakummeli wokuthula; nokho kucatshangelwa ukuthi ifaneleka kukho kokubili, ukudala indawo efanayo kukho kokubili, futhi ihlanganise incazelo ejulile engaphelelwa yisikhathi.

“Kepha umbuso owake wachithwa ungabe usaba khona; futhi abafileyo abanakuphinde babuyiselwe ekuphileni.”

Funda lokho ngokuzithoba njengokungathi uthola imininingwane emisha emangalisayo. Uma ukwazi, ungumculi wezempi ongcono kunami.

"Inhlangano emelene nempi idinga ukutadisha amafilosofi alabo abaye baphumelela ubuciko bezingxabano, kusukela kuKhesari kuya eNapoleon, kusukela eSun Tzu kuya kuClausewitz," kusho. Scott Ritter. Futhi UPaul Chappell isitshela ukuthi amasosha ase-US afunda ekuhlakanipheni okuvamile kuka-Sun Tzu noGandhi. Nokho, njengoba uChappell ebonisa, isifundo sokuthi impi kufanele igwenywe asisebenzi esikhungweni esidala impi futhi asikwazi ukusetshenziswa emsebenzini onobutha unomphela.

U-Sun Tzu unikeza ukuhlakanipha okulandelayo: Kungcono ukubamba izwe liphelele kunokulicekela phansi ngesikhathi. (Ikhorasi: Ahhhhh! Ooooooooh!) Kodwa amazwe awathathwa ebhodini lemidlalo yomhlaba yekhulu lama-21. Imisebenzi ayibekezelelwa.

E-Sun Tzu kunezinhlobo eziyisishiyagalolunye zezindawo zokulwa izimpi kuzo: indawo yakho, indawo encane ukuya endaweni yangaphandle, umhlabathi onenzuzo nhlangothi zombili, indawo evulekile, imigwaqo ephambanayo, inhliziyo yendawo yesitha, indawo enzima, umhlabathi. lokho okunzima ukufinyelela kukho, kanye nomhlabathi ophelelwe yithemba lapho ukulwela ukusinda kuyadingeka ngokushesha. Akukho nokukodwa kwakho okunenani elincane ku-US Air Force noma inhlangano yokuthula yase-US.

Enguqulweni ebuyekeziwe, amasosha ase-US azoba nalezi zinhlobo eziyisishiyagalolunye ezilandelayo: phansi nabesilisa, abesifazane, izingane, kanye nohulumeni ozoketulwa; phansi nabesilisa, abesifazane, izingane, kanye nohulumeni okufanele asekelwe; phansi namadoda, abesifazane, izingane, kanye nohulumeni nokumelana kwawo kufanele kubhujiswe; indawo namadoda, abesifazane, izingane, futhi efanelekayo ukukhombisa izikhali ezintsha; umhlaba ngezikhali amakhasimende azosinda; umhlabathi ngowoyela noma ukukhiqizwa kwe-opium okumele kugcinwe; phansi ngengozi yokubulala abantu abamhlophe; phansi ngezikhali ezilwa nezindiza; phansi ngemicibisholo yenuzi.

Umhlaba uhluke kakhulu, impi ihluke kakhulu, futhi ukuthula akufani kakhulu nempi ukuze u-Master Sun asisize. Yebo, kunjalo, u-Chappell uqinisile ukuthi ukugwema impi kusengcono kunokulwa impi. Yebo, kunjalo, u-Ritter uqinisile ukuthi inhlangano yokuthula kufanele icabange ngamasu. Kodwa izibonelo zokucabanga okunjalo okungenzeka zisisize kakhulu yilezo zokunyakaza okungezona ubudlova okuye kwashintsha amasiko, hhayi izazi zasendulo ezisitshela ukuthi singahlaseli isitha sisemfuleni. Le ndlu yokulala ayisisizi nakancane njengezingathekiso lapho sikhomba khona ukuqonda ebesivele sinakho.

"Kuwumbono wezempi ukuthi ungakhuphukeli phezulu ngokumelene nesitha, hhayi ukuphikisa uma sehla.

Lokho kwengezani olwazini lwethu? Noma, kunalokho, yini eyisusayo? Inkinga ke leyo. Kunokuqukethwe kwangempela emibhalweni ye-Sun Tzu, futhi kuyinhlekelele futhi akuhambisani nokuqeda impi noma ukwenza ukuthula. Umzamo wonke kaSun Tzu usekelwe embonweni wokuthi impi ingenziwa kahle. Lapho uSenator "oqhubekayo" njengo-Al Franken noma i-congressman efana no-Tom Perriello ikutshela ukuthi impi yamanje ka-2003 e-Iraq "bekumele yenziwe kahle" ukuze "iwine," bangabaculi bempi abaphelele.

Kodwa “ukuwina” empeleni akusekho njengesimo sezindaba esingachazwa. Umuntu akakunqobi ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu emadolobheni abantu. Umuntu ulokhu ekwenza noma ayeke ukukwenza. Yilokho kuphela. Nokho abalandeli beSun Tzu bazokutshela ukuthi isihluthulelo “sokuwina” ukugcina yonke into iyimfihlo, ukuqamba amanga ngakho konke, ukukhohlisa njalo, nokusebenzisa “idiplomacy” njengenceku yempi.

“O ubuciko baphezulu bobuqili nobumfihlo! Ngawe sifunda ukuthi singabonakali, ngawe singezwakali, ngakho-ke singaphatha isiphetho sesitha ezandleni zethu.”

Ngaphandle uma uvuza i-f#^%!@7%9* yethu! ama-imeyili owathumelayo g^%$#d%^&* $@$!$%!O(!!

“Qaphela! Yiba nobuqili! futhi usebenzise izinhloli zakho kulo lonke uhlobo lwebhizinisi.

“Uma udaba oluyimfihlo ludalulwa yinhloli isikhathi singakavuthwa, kumele abulawe kanye nomuntu okutshelwe kuye imfihlo.”

Lokhu kusakholelwa kakhulu enkathini lapho zingasekho izinkundla zempi, izimpi zingasenazinkemba noma izinqola zempi, izimpi lapho abalimala abaningi kungamasosha. Futhi nalabo ababuza ngempi, ngisho nalabo ababuza izijeziso ezinonya kwababizela phansi, abavamile ukubuza wona kanye umqondo wokuba yimfihlo noma umbono esekelwe kuwo, okuyizitha. Kepha imfihlo iyanyamalala ngaphandle kwezitha, futhi izitha ziyanyamalala ngaphandle kwempi - impi njengesimo somqondo esihlala njalo, ngisho naphakathi kwabantu abakhuluma ama-aphorisms mayelana nokuthi kungcono kanjani ukugwema ukulwa uma kungenzeka.

"Ukuphela kwendlela yokuvimbela impi ukwazi ukuthi ungayilwa kanjani futhi uyinqobe kangcono kunesitha sakho." Lokho kuvela ekwethulweni kuka-Dallas Galvin ku-Barnes & Noble edition The Art of War, futhi kuyabheda. Cabanga ngomuntu othi ngobuso obuqondile:

Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuvimbela ukuqhudelana ukwazi ukuthi ungadutha kanjani kangcono kunesitha sakho.

Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuvikela ubugqila ukwazi ukugqilaza kangcono kunesitha sakho.

Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuvimbela imibango yegazi ukwazi ukuthi ungaxabana kanjani kangcono kunesitha sakho.

Qhathanisa lo mbhedo nokubona okungokoqobo:

Lapho ufunda futhi ulungiselela impi, izimpi ziyanda.

U-Sun Tzu uthi gwema izimpi ezinde, futhi uqiniseke ukuthi uyaphanga futhi uphange ukuze usekele ibutho lakho. Kepha umbuso wembulunga yonke kumele ube sempini yaphakade, futhi ungaphanga futhi aphange amazwe ampofu omhlaba weshumi nambili futhi ungalokothi uxhase u-Lockheed Martin.

Ukulwela ukuthula kudinga umzabalazo omude kanye nokuphambene nokuphanga nokuphanga.

“USun Tzu uthe: Zihlanu izindlela zokuhlasela ngomlilo. Okokuqala ukushisa amasosha ekamu labo; okwesibili ukushisa izitolo; eyesithathu iwukushisa izitimela zemithwalo; okwesine ukushisa izikhali kanye nomagazini; owesihlanu uwukujikijela umlilo phakathi kwezitha.”

Uhlu olubuyekeziwe lwePentagon lungena emakhulwini. Wengezani lomnikelo omncane kahlanu? Kodwa inhlangano yokuthula ayizuzi ngempela ngokuzama ukuthola ukuthi ubani noma yini ezohlasela ngomlilo. Ingabe inhlangano yokuthula kufanele ibe namasu? Ngokusobala. Ilokhu izitshela okuningi amashumi eminyaka kungekho nelilodwa izwi lokuphikisa. Kodwa ukuqamba amanga, ukukhohlisa, ukwenza ngokushesha ngaphambi kokuyeka, nokushisa yonke into ngomlilo akulungile. Amabutho akhethekile awalungile. Imfihlo ukuhlakanipha kwasendulo konke akulungile.

I-Sun Tzu ithi ozaziyo nesitha sakhe nokunye uzowina. Bese ethi ngokwazi ukuthi yiluphi uhlangothi olunamandla angaqagela ukuthi yiliphi elizowina. Lokhu kuwumbhedo ophithizelayo, kodwa ukuqashelwa okucacile kokuthi ulwazi lohlangothi olulodwa aluqinisekisi lutho. Ukuzibophezela kohlangothi olulodwa ekuqambeni amanga nokukhohlisa njalo kuqinisekisa kuphela ukungabibikho kwaphakade kokuthula.

Inhlangano yokuthula, ukuze iphumelele, idinga izinsiza zabantu kanye nezezimali, idinga iqiniso nokwethembeka, idinga izinkumbi zabantu, idinga ikhono lokuxhumana nombono wezwe owenqaba ukugcinwa kwezitha, idinga ukungaphezi nokubekezela. Idinga ukuthatha imizabalazo enqotshiwe ngokumelene nezinqubomgomo ezithile kuyilapho iqhubekisela phambili umgomo obanzi we- world beyond war. Akudingekile ukuba kucabange ukwenza ukuthula njengokufudumala. Akudingi ukucekela phansi, ukwesabisa, noma ukukhohlisa isitha esikhulu esithandwa ukwamukelwa kwempi. Idinga ukuqeda izitha ngokwenza umbimbi. Idinga ukuqondisa abagqugquzeli bempi ngokumelene nayo ngaphandle kokucabanga ngabo njengabantu okufanele bahlaselwe ngomlilo.