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41 Zitate des legendären Strategen für Strategie, Führung und den Sieg in der Kunst des Krieges

Entdecken Sie die Weisheit von Sun Tzu, dem legendären Strategen. Seine Zitate bieten wertvolle Einblicke in Strategie, Führung und den Sieg in der Kunst des Krieges. Gewinnen Sie ein tieferes Verständnis für seine kraftvollen Worte und das Streben nach Frieden.

Sunzi war ein chinesischer General, Militärstratege und Philosoph, der zwischen ca. 534 v. Chr. und 453 v. Chr. lebte. Geboren wurde er entweder im Reich Qi oder im Staat Wu, in der heutigen Provinz Shandong. Über sein Leben ist jedoch wenig bekannt. Sunzi stammte aus einer adeligen Familie und sein genauer Geburtsort wird entweder als Le'an oder Huimin angegeben. Er verstarb in Gusu im Staat Wu, heute Wuzhong in der Stadt Suzhou.

Sunzi ist vor allem für sein Werk "Die Kunst des Krieges" bekannt, das bis heute als eines der bedeutendsten Werke über Militärstrategie betrachtet wird. In seinen Schriften betonte er die Bedeutung von Taktik, Disziplin und Einheit innerhalb der Armee sowie die weise Nutzung von Informationen und Ressourcen im Kriegsführungskontext. Seine Ideen beeinflussten nicht nur die militärische Strategie, sondern fanden auch Anwendung in anderen Bereichen wie Führung und Management. Obwohl Sunzis Leben weitgehend im Dunkeln bleibt, haben seine Lehren einen dauerhaften Einfluss auf die chinesische Geschichte und Kultur hinterlassen.

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„Behandle die Gefangenen würdig und sorge gut für sie.“

Die Kunst des Krieges, Kapitel II: Kriegsführung, Vers: 20

„Wenn du dich und den Feind kennst, brauchst du den Ausgang von hundert Schlachten nicht zu fürchten.“

Die Kunst des Krieges
Original: 知彼知己,百戰不殆。 Zhī bǐ zhī jǐ, bǎi zhàn bù dài.

Sunzi: Zitate auf Englisch

“For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”

Variant translations
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.
Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack

“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

Variant translations
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning

“Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter XIII · Intelligence and Espionage

“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.”

Sun Tzu buch Die Kunst des Krieges

是故上攻伐谋
The Art of War, Chapter III · Strategic Attack
Variante: Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

“And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter II · Waging War

“Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning

“One defends when his strength is inadequate; he attacks when it is abundant.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter IV · Disposition of the Army

“To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.”

Quelle: The Art of War, Chapter IV · Disposition of the Army

“Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”

Attributed to Sun Tzu in multiple books and internet sites, but this text does not appear in The Art of War and seems to be a more recent creation.
Disputed

“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”

Sun Tzu buch Die Kunst des Krieges

(zh-TW) 孫子曰:國之上下,死生之地,存亡之道,不可不察也。
The Art of War, Chapter 1 · Detail Assessment and Planning

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness.”

Sun Tzu buch Die Kunst des Krieges

Alternative translation: Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
Alternative translation: O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.
The Art of War, Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths
Kontext: Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

“WANG XI Opponents cannot exhaust you.”

Sun Tzu buch Die Kunst des Krieges

The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”

Sun Tzu among many other military thinkers and leaders believed in fate and determination from the correct application of theory, the state of the opponent's and one's own power, and a code for the general and a code for the soldier to follow, rather than the Machiavellian type of intuition that evokes an evolution of opportunism that brought great historical consequences as it dominated over the classical and medieval ethical doctrines. Thus this statement is contrary to Sun Tzu principles. Nevertheless, there is a possible relation to the quote: Quickness is the essence of the war.
Misattributed

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