Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat the enemy without too much bloodshed， and might imagine this is the true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds， it is a fallacy that must be exposed: War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.
仁慈的人容易認(rèn)為，一定有一種巧妙的方法，不必造成太大的傷亡就能解除敵人的武裝或者打垮敵人，并且認(rèn)為這是軍事藝術(shù)真正發(fā)展的方向。這種看法不管多么美妙，都是必須消除的錯(cuò)誤思想，因?yàn)樵谙駪?zhàn)爭(zhēng)這么危險(xiǎn)的事情中，由仁慈而產(chǎn)生的錯(cuò)誤思想正是最為有害的。
世界充滿痛苦，也充滿戰(zhàn)勝痛苦。
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