The Art of War contains rich and profound ideas on preparing for war,and its core essence is mainly reflected in two aspects:firstly,from the perspective of preparing oneself,including two aspects of"being invincible first"and"fighting with the necessary conditions to win";secondly,from the per-spective of preparing the enemy,it includes two aspects of"attacking the enemy unprepared"and"mak-ing the enemy prepare themselves".Sun Tzu proposed that war preparation is a systematic project,not limited to military aspects;the war should be fully prepared and the battle should not be rashly started;the war must be fully prepared and the strong enemy should be always considered in mind so as to strive for the initiative in the war.These ideas proposed by Sun Tzu still have important reference significance for modern warfare.
The Art of Warthoughts on preparation for warprepare oneselfprepare for the enemyinitiative in the warknow yourself as well as the enemy