先秦兵家和平思想及其现代价值

The Pacifism of the School of War during the Pre-Qin Period and Its Modern Value s

先秦兵家和平思想的基本内涵:一是以禁暴除乱和安国保民为战争的终极目的;二是以“不战而屈人之兵”为战争获胜的理想结局;三是以“修道保法”和赢得人心为战争获胜的坚实基础;四是高度重视智谋的作用并以之作为克敌制胜的重要手段;五是以强大的经济、军事实力和常备不懈为和平的可靠保障。先秦兵家和平思想有着久远而深厚的传统文化基础:首先,爱好和平、追求和平和维护和平是中国传统文化的基本特点,中华民族在战争理念上赞成并支持反抗侵略的防御战争而反对向外扩张的侵略战争;其次,批判不义战争、谴责滥杀和破坏是历代贤哲的一致做法。兵家和平思想在今天仍有着不可忽略的重要价值:第一,它为世界人民追求和平、反对不义战争提供了有益的启示和有力的思想武器;第二,它为我国和平崛起、民族复兴和国家安全提供了可资借鉴的重要理论。

The basic contents of the pacifist thoughts of the Sch ool of War include that they take stabilizing the state and protecting the peopl e as the ultimate purpose of the war, “to win without war” as the ideal result of the war, maintaining the Tao and gaining the will of people as the solid foundation to win a war, resourcefulness as the important measure to conquer th e enemy, and the strong power as well as the standing army as the dependable ins urance of peace. The thoughts have long and deep cultural foundation: to love, p ursue and maintain peace is a basic character of the traditional Chinese culture and the thinkers of past ages all insist to criticizing the unjust war and cond emning the destroy. Nowadays, it still has important values that providing benef icial inspiration and powerful idea weapon for the people to pursue peace and ag ainst unjust war, and at the same time, it provides important theories on peacef ul emergence, the national rejuvenation and safety.