"Win"Through"Know in Advance":Sunzi's Understanding of Functions of Intelligence and Its Historical Impacts
Employing the term"know in advance"in thirteen chapters of The Art of War,Sunzi empha-sized the importance of intelligence.Emphasizing intelligence is one of the key thoughts and an important fea-ture of this book.By emphasizing the role of"know in advance"is to"win",Sunzi attached great importance to reconnaissance and intelligence,especially spies,in order to learn more about the enemy,so as to make bet-ter decisions in wars and to win at the lowest cost.The idea of"win"through"know in advance"is not only the core notions of these chapters,but also the basis for Sunzi's war decision-making and tactics designing.Sunzi's advocating the significance of intelligence attributes to military thoughts developed prior to Sunzi and his following objective laws of the war.It also reflects Sunzi's superb ability to study war and control war.The notion of"win"through"know in advance",with its profound impacts on militarists,has been held not only as a tradition of Chinese excellent military culture,but also a guiding value and revelation in modern warfare.
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