In April of this year, Medvedev, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, quoted a passage in "Sun Tzu: Nine Changes" on social media to explain Russia's special military operation: using military methods, you can't come without any hope, and you can rely on your own ability. Waiting; if you don't rely on it not to attack, you can't attack if you rely on me.
It means that offense is the best defense, and only when you are ready can you stop fighting.
Coincidentally, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" left behind by the Ukrainian army once again pushed the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient oriental civilization to the hot search.
Can the tactics of military use more than 2,500 years ago be absorbed by both sides of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict today?
Is this world's earliest military work aimed at "promoting war" or "avoiding war"?
Sinologist Ji Lai, a professor at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University in Ankara, Turkey and the first Turkish translation author of "The Art of War of Sun Tzu", recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency "Dongxi Wen" to decipher the contents of "The Art of War of Sun Tzu". Chinese wisdom.
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]