The ninth chapter of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", titled "The Army on the March", discusses the deployment of troops and the reconnaissance of enemy situations. These principles can be applied not only to the battlefield, but also to strategic thinking in business and everyday life.
1. Crossing mountains: Travel along the valley, occupy a position higher than the enemy, and do not attack from low ground to high ground.
2. Crossing rivers: Once you have crossed the river, always move away from it. If the enemy crosses the river to attack, do not counterattack while the enemy is still in the river. It is advantageous to let about half of the enemy cross before attacking.
3. Traversing marshes: Pass through as quickly as possible and do not linger.
4. Deploying on flat ground: Occupy a flat place with good footing, place the hills on your right rear, and deploy with the low ground in front and the high ground behind.
Understanding and appropriately applying these principles is important.
Sun Tzu's teachings provide universal principles for understanding the essence of things and acting appropriately according to the situation. Such strategic thinking can be said to be an important skill for paving the way to success. In each situation, it is important to understand and appropriately apply these principles in order to take the best action.
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