文质彬彬·每日好词语 | 善战者，立于不败之地

　　善战者，立于不败之地

　　这条术语的意思是，善于打仗的人，首先要保证自己不被敌人战胜。这是中国古代著名军事家孙武提出的命题。战争的根本目的是保全自己、消灭敌人——只有尽可能消灭敌人，才能更好地保全自己；另一方面，只有有效地保全自己，才能为消灭敌人提供基本前提。高明的指挥者，必须周密筹划，攻防兼备，处理好消灭敌人与保全自己的辩证关系——首先要确保不给敌人以可乘之机，使敌人不能实现其战争目的，而使自己具备消灭敌人的基本前提。

　　Those Who Excel at War Must First Protect Themselves from Defeat

　　This is the counsel of Sun Wu, a renowned ancient military thinker. The goal of war is first and foremost to protect oneself and to defeat the enemy, and conversely only by defeating the enemy can one fully protect oneself. Another way of seeing this is to recognize that effective self-protection is the precondition for defeating the enemy. That is why the commander must plan carefully, prepare for both attack and defense, and not give the enemy any chance to fulfill its military objectives.

　　引例

　　故善战者，立于不败之地，而不失敌之败也。（《孙子·军形》）（所以善于打仗的人，首先要保证自己不被敌人战胜，同时也不放过能够战胜敌人的任何机会。）

　　Those who excel at war must first protect themselves from defeat, and also take every opportunity to defeat the enemy. (The Art of War)