greatest wisdom book

Chapter 96
Take defense as offense, and the heart of defending "between" is indispensable
Therefore, the wise king and virtuous general, so they move and win over others, and those who succeed out of the crowd are also prophets.A prophet cannot be obtained from ghosts and gods, cannot be imaged by things, cannot be tested by degrees, but must be obtained from people, and he who knows the enemy's feelings.

This is an era of information supremacy, and information is wealth.When people obtain endless information from various media such as newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, it is difficult to imagine the occlusion of information in ancient society and the great significance of information to them.

In the age of flying pigeons to pass messages, information was a luxury. Whoever mastered it could stand at a higher place than others and overlook the whole situation.As a military strategist, Sun Wu naturally understood this, so he specially listed "Yongjian Chapter" in his "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and obtained more information through spies.

He raised the "Yongjian" (use of spies) in the art of war to an unprecedented height: As a general, in the army, there is no one who is closer than spies, and the rewards given to spies are also the most generous, and they can get the most secret information. It's also nothing more than a spy.But "between" is not something that everyone can master. Sun Wu said: Only people with superior intelligence can use spies, only people who are kind and generous can use spies, and only people with careful planning can distinguish the authenticity of the information provided by spies.

In the history of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, there are many examples of using space.

When Sun and Liu joined forces to fight against Cao, their troops were much smaller than the 80 Cao army.Cao Cao's troops were good at horse battles but not good at water battles. It happened that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who were proficient in water battles, could train the water army for Cao Cao.Cao Cao treated these two people as treasures and treated them preferentially.

Cao Cao has always loved talents, and he wanted to win over Zhou Yu.Cao Ying's adviser, Jiang Gan, claimed that he and Zhou Yu were classmates and friends, and he was willing to cross the river to persuade him to surrender.Cao Cao immediately asked Jiang Gan to cross the river to persuade Zhou Yu.

When Zhou Yu saw Jiang Qian crossing the river, a countermeasure appeared in his mind.He warmly entertained Jiang Gan. At the banquet, Zhou Yu asked all the generals to accompany him, showing off his force, and stipulated that he only talked about friendship and not about military affairs, so that Jiang Gan was not allowed to speak.

Afterwards, Zhou Yu pretended to be drunk, asked Jiang Gan to sleep in the same bed, and deliberately left a seemingly confidential letter on the table.Jiang Gan peeked at the contents of the letter, but he did not expect that it was Cai Hao and Zhang Yun who agreed to cooperate with Zhou Yuli and defeat Cao Cao.At this time, Zhou Yu was talking in his sleep, turned over, and Jiang Gan was so frightened that he went to bed quickly.

After a while, someone suddenly wanted to see Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu got up to talk to the visitor, and deliberately lowered his voice to see if Jiang Gan was fast asleep.Jiang Gan pretended to be in a deep sleep, and vaguely heard the mention of Cai and Zhang, thinking that the plan of Cai, Zhang and Zhou Yu to cooperate with the outside world was undoubtedly confirmed.Jiang Gan thought he had a big news, so he told Cao Cao immediately after returning.Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and immediately became angry when he heard this, and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in a rage.

After Cao Cao calmed down, he immediately realized that he had been tricked by Zhou Yu, and he regretted it.The two generals have been ordered to return to Huangquan, Cao Cao can only complain secretly.

Sun Wu said: "So there are five ways to use time: there is a cause (country) time, there is an inner time, there is an anti-time, there is a death time, and there is a life time." Zhou Yu's trick is the anti-time, and it is used very beautifully.But there are not many people in the world who can cleverly use the spies sent by the enemy like Zhou Yu, so that the enemy can steal chickens without losing money.Although ordinary people are not as profound as Zhou Yu's understanding of "Yongjian", they can still learn a thing or two from Sun Wu's "Yongjian" thought. Inflict fatal damage to yourself.Therefore, there is a saying that people often say "the heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of preventing others is indispensable."

Ji Yu works in advertising design for a large computer company.One morning, the department manager informed everyone that the company would advertise a new computer.The department manager said that this design was different from the usual ones. Instead of the department selecting the best design works, the general manager personally selected the best design.The selected employee will be responsible for the operation of this advertisement and will receive a generous bonus.

On the morning when the list of winners was announced, Ji Yu was extremely excited, because she was very satisfied with the design she submitted, and she was very likely to win this design.But when she walked to the bulletin board, she was stunned, because the winner was not her, but Jinghui.Jinghui's works are very similar to hers, the only difference is that Jinghui explained in more detail.

Ji Yu suddenly realized that Jing Hui copied her work, because one day when she came back from lunch, she found Jing Hui leaning on her desk and looking at her notebook, which was exactly Ji Yu's design work.At this time, Ji Yu recalled that his colleagues had discussed that Jinghui had done similar things before.Ji Yu was very angry, but she didn't have any evidence to prove that Jinghui plagiarized her work.

At the beginning, Ji Yu also thought of many solutions, but none of them could solve the problem.What should I do? "Wait a minute," Ji Yu thought, "is there something wrong with my way of thinking? Maybe I should change the solution, not the problem itself. The problem is not whether Jinghui copied my design, but Me, why did I put my design works on my desk? Am I too careless?” This time, Ji Yu grasped the essence of the problem: the point is not how others use “space”, but how to prevent "between".

In fact, the so-called defense and intermediary, in the final analysis, is to protect one's own interests.From the moment information is associated with interests, the method of "using time" appears in the way of obtaining information.Therefore, in a modern society where information is regarded as life, "mass" is ubiquitous, and its form is more subtle and ingenious.Since the reality cannot be changed, the only option is to accept and adapt: ​​in an environment full of "space", be prepared to guard against "space", use defense as offense, and avoid falling into the traps set by those who use space.

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