Journal Article

SUNZI VERSUS XUNZI: TWO VIEWS OF DECEPTION AND INDIRECTION

Raphals, Lisa

2016

نظرة عامة

This article examines two views of the ethics and efficacy of deception. The Sunzi is famous for its praise of deception and indirect strategy in warfare. This explicit praise of deception distinguishes it from other Militarist texts, which either reject deception or advocate it only as a practical and important strategic tool. The Xunzi rejects deception and indirection in both civil and military contexts. The Sunzi and Xunzi's attitudes toward deception and indirection thus represent opposite poles within Chinese philosophical thought. 本文探討了關於欺騙的倫理與功效的兩種觀點。對欺騙和間接戰術的推崇是孫子思想中廣為人知的一點。中國古代的兵書往往對欺騙持兩種態度： 一或全然否定， 一或僅僅將之視為一種實用而重要的戰略工具，而孫子對於欺騙不遺餘力的褒揚可謂獨樹一幟。在荀子看來，無論是在民用還是軍用的語境下，欺騙都應被否定。孫子與荀子對於欺騙和間接的不衕態度代表了中國哲學思想中截然相反的兩極。

• الناشر: Cambridge University Press
• موضوع: 499-200 B.C. Warring States period / 799-500 B.C. Spring and Autumn period / Attitudes / Chinese / Chinese literature / Deception / Ethics / Lying / military strategy / Philosophers / Philosophy / prose / Sunzi / Sunzi bing fa / Taxonomy / The Art of War / usefulness / Xunzi / Xunzi(340-245 B.C.)