作者	主编：孙海晨
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出版时间	1996-01-01

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片断：StrategyOneCrosstheSeaWithoutHeaven'sKnowledgeTranslationPeoplewhotakeampleprecautionsareliabletobeoffguard.Familiarsightsdonotrousesuspicion.Yinistheinnerinsteadoftheoppositeaspectofyang.Thegreatyangcontainsthegreatyin.*PurportThiscommonexpressioncamefromthestoryofaningeniousTanggeneralwhodevisedamethodtotrans-porttheemperor(regardedastheSonofHeaveninimperialChina)safelyacrossthesea,doingsowithouteventheemperor'sownknowledge.Thewordheavenmayalsobeinterpretedliterally.Inancienttimesitwaseasytoconductsecretmilitaryoperationsonlandbytakingcoverinnaturalshelters,suchasmountainsandforests,whereastheopenwateroftheseaprovidednohiding-place.Therefore,inordertocrosstheseawithoutheav-en'sknowledge,onehadtomoveopenlyovertheseabutactasifonedidnotintendtocrossit.Eachmilitarymaneuverhastwoaspects:thesuperfi-cialmoveandtheunderlyingpurpose.Byconcealingboth,onecantaketheenemycompletelybysurprise.Butsuchidealsecrecycanseldombeattainedinactualwar-fare.Inmostcases,tokeeptheenemycompletelyigno-rantofone'soperationsisnoeasierthanto"crosstheseawithoutheaven'sknowledge."Theonlyalternativeistomaketheenemyneglectormisinterprettheunderlyingpurposeofone'soperation.Inotherwords,ifitishighlyunlikelythattheenemycanbekeptignorantofone'sactions,onecansometimesplaytricksrightunderitsQuotationsforReferenceOnewhoisgoodatmarshallingtroopsdoessobyputtingtheenemyintheunfathomablesituationoffight-ingwithshadows.Heassumesnopostureandrevealsnoshapesothatthereisnothinghecannotachieve.Herevealsnoshapeandshowsnomovesothatthereisnochangehecannotmake.Thisisthesupremeartofwar.BookofMasterGuan(GuanZi),ChapterSeventeen.