王真以道家思想言兵与《孙子》思想的会通

Wang Zhen’s Thought of Reviewing Military Affairs with Taoist Thought and Its Similarities to The Art of War

唐代王真以道家思想言兵,在中国兵学史上具有重要的地位。文章在深入分析老子道家思想和孙子兵家思想的基础上,从三个方面比较了王真言兵主张与孙子思想的会通之处及不同特色,充分肯定了儒、道、兵三家思想融合的思想价值。其主要内容为:王真的反战观念与《孙子》的慎战思想;王真的政治战略思想与《孙子》的全胜思想;王真的军事谋略思想与孙子的兵者诡道思想。

Wang Zhen of the Tang Dynasty had an important position in the history of Chinese military studies due to his review of military affairs with Taoist thought.On the basis of in-depth analysis of Lao Zi’s Taoist thought and Sun Zi’s military thought,from three aspects,this article compares similarities of Wang Zhen’s ideas concerning military affairs to Sun Zi’s thought and their different characteristics,and fully affirms the ideological value of the thought integration of Confucianism,Taoism,and military strategists in ancient China.The main contents of this article include the thoughts of Wang Zhen’s anti-war concept and the thought of“being cautious in war”in The Art of War;Wang Zhen’s political strategic thought and the thought of“complete victory”in The Art of War;and Wang Zhen’s military strategy thought and Sun Zi’s thought of“all warfare is bases on deception”.