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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete. …” - Sunzi 10
Regardless of the lack of experience and insights from the field strategists, there are multiple meanings to this thought.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt;
Knowing the competition and knowing yourself is not enough. ... You have know the reasons behind him or her in terms of motives, methods and strategic foundation.
It could look discouraging for those who realized that the competition possesses an abundance of resources. By knowing the state of their motive and their methods, there is always an opportunity to subvert him if one knows the why's behind the motive and the methods..
It could look discouraging for those who realized that the competition possesses an abundance of resources. By knowing the state of their motive and their methods, there is always an opportunity to subvert him if one knows the why's behind the motive and the methods..
if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete. …”
There are multiple meanings to this statement
The Basic Meaning
While terrain is about the characteristics of a strategic situation, the heaven is about the rate of cyclical change that supports the current strategic situation.
The Secondary Meaning
From a geographic perspective, the terrain factor is about topographic settings to a landscape while the heaven factor is about the external influences that are affecting the terrain.
Another Perspective
“Given a knowledge of three matters—the affairs of men, the seasons of heavens and the natural advantages of earth—victory will invariably crown your battles. “ – Li Ch’uan
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