孙子的继承与创新--再论《孙子兵法》的“形”与“势”

Sun Zi’s Inheritance and Innovation——A Review of the “Terrain” and “Position” in The Art of War

创新的前提是继承。孙子通过对“形”与“势”的论述,批判继承了其之前时代“胜可知而不可为”的作战思想,创新实现了“胜可为”的理论突破。从现代军事哲学意义解读,“形”是作战力量本体内在结构与外在形态的辩证统一,体现了孙子对以往战争经验的继承;“势”是作战力量功用在特定时空环境下的发展趋向,体现了孙子在作战理论上的创新;“形”与“势”是作战力量“体”与“用”的关系。

The premise of innovation is inheritance.Through the discussion of“terrain”and“position”,Sun Zi criticized and inherited the combat thinking of“one may know how to win,but cannot necessarily do so”in the previous era,and innovatively realized the theoretical breakthrough of“one can necessarily win the victory”.Interpreted from the meaning of modern military philosophy,“terrain”is the dialectical unity of the internal structure and external form of combat forces,and reflects Sun Zi’s inheritance of past war experience;“position”is the development trend of combat force functions in a specific time and space environment.It embodies Sun Zi’s innovation in combat theory;“terrain”and“position”are the relationship between the“body”and“use”of combat forces.