On one occasion, Confucius asked several of his disciples to talk about their aspirations. Zi Lu and Ran You wanted the opportunity to administer a state. Gongsun Chi wanted to become a master of rituals. Zeng Dian said, "My aspiration is different from theirs." "That is acceptable," said Confucius. "We are only talking about our own aspirations." Zeng Dian then said, "(My dream) is to wear spring robes in late spring and to swim in the Yi River with five or six adults and six or seven children. We shall enjoy the breeze where people pray for rain. Then we shall go home, singing all the way." Confucius sighed, "Ah, I share Dian's aspiration." The different aspirations of the four students reflected their different outlooks on life. Confucius' agreement with Zeng Dian indicates that while he stressed individual contribution to society, he regarded the highest state of life as harmony among people and harmony between people and nature. His was a true aesthetic outlook on life.
"Naturalness" is an important concept of Laozi's philosophy. It refers to a natural state of being, an attitude of following the way of nature. Laozi emphasized that everything in the world has its own way of being and development: birds fly in the sky, fish swim in the water, clouds float in the sky, flowers bloom and flowers fall. All these phenomena occur independently and naturally without following any human will, and humans should not try to change anything natural. Laozi admonished people to give up on any desire to control the world. Following the way of nature is the way to resolving conflicts between humans and the world.
In analyzing changes in opposing factors in war, Sunzi also emphasized pushing them into their opposites for the benefit of one's own troops. He said, "When we know the enemy situation but they do not know ours, we can keep our troops together while they have to keep them separate. Now that our troops are in one place while the enemy troops are dispersed in ten places, we can strike them with tenfold force. In this way, our troops enjoy an absolute majority while the enemy suffers an absolute minority." Sunzi's Art of War is full of such dialectical thinking. Sunzi said, "By taking a tortuous route deliberately while tempting the enemy with small gains, we can arrive earlier despite having started later than the enemy. This is the strategy of turning a tortuous route into a straight one." As a kind of synopsis, Sunzi said, "The expert commander is able to make the enemy follow his direction, not the other way round."
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