a fundamental solution(fǔ dǐ chōu xīn)

a fundamental solution

It's an idiom, which comes from the 19th plan of the thirty six stratagems. It means that only when the firewood is removed from the bottom of the pot can the water stop boiling. It refers to solving problems fundamentally, and it also refers to sabotaging in secret.

brief introduction

"Thirty six stratagems" the 19th stratagem - drawing firewood from the bottom of the pot refers to drawing firewood from the bottom of the pot. "Thirty six strategies", or "thirty six strategies", refers to the thirty-six military strategies in ancient China, which originated from the southern and Northern Dynasties and was written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a Book of war based on the excellent military thought and rich struggle experience in ancient China. It is one of the long cultural heritages of the Chinese nation.

original text

It is not as strong as its strength, but as weak as its potential.

notes

① The enemy, the verb, the attack. Strength, the strongest part. (2) to eliminate the momentum: momentum, momentum. (3) the image of duxiaqianshang: in the sixty-four hexagrams of the book of changes, the hexagram of Lu is "duxiaqianshang", the upper hexagram is "Qian" and "Tian", and the lower hexagram is "Duishui". In addition, blending is Yin hexagram, which means softness; Qian is Yang hexagram, which means hardness. In terms of circular relationship and law, the lower part will rush up, so the image of "softness conquering rigidity" appears. This plan is derived from the use of this image reasoning, which means that we can win the strong enemy by taking this plan.

Notes

When water boils, the power of fire, the Yang in the Yang, is irresistible; when salary is paid, the spirit of fire, that is, the power of force, the Yin in the Yin, is close and harmless; therefore, the power is not appropriate, but the potential is still negligible. Weiliaozi said: "Qi is actually fighting, Qi seizing is going away." In the past, Wu and Han were big Sima. Some bandits attacked Han camp at night. They were disturbed in the army. Han lay still. When the army heard of Han, they didn't move. It's to choose elite soldiers to fight back and break through them. That is to say, we should not fight against them directly. Xue Changru of Song Dynasty was the judge of Han, Hu and Hua, and was stationed in Han. Hundreds of state soldiers rebelled, opened the camp, murdered the magistrate, soldiers and horses in custody, and burned the camp for chaos. Those who come to sue dare not go out. Chang Ru stood up on foot and went into his camp from the bad wall. He said "you all have parents and wives. Why do you do this? The traitor stands on the left and the follower on the right Therefore, hundreds of those who did not cooperate with the conspirators stood on the right, while 13 of those who were the only conspirators came out of the gate and scattered in the villages to seek capture. When it is said that it is not a long Confucian, then a city will be ruined! This is the use of attacking the heart and seizing Qi. Or Japan: the enemy and hostility, smash the enemy's weakness to defeat the general success.

source

"Drawing salary from the bottom of the pot" is selected from "thirty six stratagems" or "thirty six stratagems", which refers to the thirty-six tactics of Military Science in ancient China. It originated from the northern and Southern Dynasties and was written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a Book of war based on the excellent military thought and rich struggle experience in ancient China. It is one of the long cultural heritages of the Chinese nation. "Thirty six stratagems" was written before the year of the book, and its etymology can be traced back to tan Daoji, the general of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty? In 436 AD), according to the biography of Wang Jingze in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty, "the Thirty-six Strategies of Tan Gong are the best. Your father and son should only listen." It means that the defeat is certain and irreparable. Only to retreat is the best policy. In Song Dynasty Huihong's lengzhaiyehua: "thirty six stratagems, walking is the best stratagem.". At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, more people quoted it. So people with a heart collected books and compiled "thirty six stratagems". However, it is difficult to know when and who wrote this book. the original book is divided into six sets according to its title, namely, victory plan, enemy plan, attack plan, melee plan, merge plan and defeat plan. The first three sets are used for advantages, and the last three sets are used for disadvantages. Each set contains six pieces, a total of 36 pieces. The explanation after the name of each plan is based on the change of yin and Yang in the book of changes and the transformation of the antagonistic relations between the ancient strategists, such as hardness and softness, Qi Zheng, attack and defense, self, virtual reality, subject and object, which contains the elements of simple military dialectics. The notes after the explanation mostly cite the war cases before the Song Dynasty and the brilliant sentences of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Wei Liaozi and other strategists. There are also general remarks and postscripts in the book. Thirty six stratagems are the summary of ancient Chinese strategists' stratagems and the precious heritage of military strategy. In order to facilitate people to memorize these thirty-six stratagems, a scholar composed a poem in order: Jin Yu Tan Gong CE, in order to catch robbers, fish and snakes laughing in the sea, sheep, tiger, peach and mulberry separated, trees dark away, empty cauldron, beautiful corpses on the roof, attacking Wei Lian and Guo.

analysis

It is a common thing in daily life that water is cold and boiling. To boil the water in the pot, make a fire at the bottom of the pot and add firewood. If you don't want the water to boil, you can add some cold water to stop the boiling, or you can take out the firewood at the bottom of the pot. When the water is cold for a while, it will boil again soon. It didn't stop the boiling fundamentally. Because water boils by fire and fire needs to be paid for, the foundation or dependence of water boiling is fundamentally eliminated. the beginning and development of many things in the world are similar to the form of water cooling and boiling, and the principle of birth and change is the same. This is the case with the opposing forces. The reason for competing with the opposing forces is the same as for stopping the boiling of water. A frontal attack is tantamount to stopping the boiling of hot water, which may be futile; to eliminate the root cause of the survival of the opposing forces is to cut corners from the bottom. in ancient and modern wars, grain and grass are the basis for the survival of the army and the source of its combat effectiveness. Therefore, it is always "before the troops move, grain and grass come first". Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought head-on. Cao Cao might never be able to defeat yuan. Cao Cao was very clever. He burned yuan's grain Garrison and cut off yuan's foundation and energy, so he defeated yuan's army. It's a brilliant way to cut corners. in modern business making money, the operator, no matter the powerful or the weak, can use this strategy to weaken the opponent's power and make it self defeating.

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From the bottom of the pot, it is said that Wei Shou of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote "for Hou Jing to betray Liang Chaowen": "draw the salary to stop the boiling, cut the grass and root." The ancients also said: "so stop boiling with soup, boiling is more than, sincerely know its origin, then go to the fire." This metaphor is very simple, but the truth is very clear. If the water is boiled and then mixed with boiling water, the water temperature will not drop. The fundamental way is to turn off the fire and the water temperature will naturally drop. This plan is used in military affairs, which means that we should avoid the strong enemy's edge, reduce the enemy's momentum, and then take advantage of the opportunity to win. The crux of the matter is to grasp the main contradictions and do so in many cases. Some key points affecting the overall situation of the war are precisely the enemy's weaknesses. The commander should make accurate judgment, seize the opportunity and attack the enemy's weakness. For example, if we can seize the opportunity to seize the grain, grass and supplies, the enemy will not fight and will be in chaos. The battle of Guandu in the Three Kingdoms is a famous example.

Examples

In the spring and Autumn period, the state of Qi and the state of Lu were neighbors to each other, and the Duke of Qi Jing was ridiculed by Confucius in Jiagu. At this time, Yan Ying, the virtuous Prime Minister of Qi, also died. With the assistance of Confucius and other ministers, the state of Lu was under the rule of Lu, and the Duke of Qi Jing was deeply depressed and uneasy. Li Mi, a senior doctor of Qi, gave advice to Jing Gong, saying: "the state of Lu is safe and prosperous, and there has been no war for a long time. Duke Ding of Lu is good at women. If we offer him a group of beautiful women, he will be lazy in state affairs, and Confucius and others will definitely hate Duke Ding's behavior and leave the state of Lu." Qi Jinggong agreed with Li Mi's suggestion. He sent him to select 80 beauties from China and teach them singing, dancing and charming manners. Sure enough, as soon as the beauties arrived in the capital of Lu, they caused a great sensation. The Prime Minister of Lu, Ji Si, was also fascinated by the beauties. The Qi emissary presented the beauties to the Duke of Lu Ding, and the Duke of Lu Ding rewarded 30 of them to Ji Si. Since then, Lu Junchen perfunctorily indulged in wine and sex day and night and ignored the government. Zi Lu, a student of Confucius, said angrily, "Lu Jun is hopeless. Let's go." Confucius said: "the country's suburban sacrifice is coming. If Dinggong forgets the suburban sacrifice, we can go." On the day of the suburban sacrifice, although Duke Lu Ding went, he just went through the stage and hurried back to enjoy himself with the beauties. Confucius couldn't bear it, so he took his disciples away from the state of Lu angrily and went to travel around the world. As a result, the state of Qi succeeded in drawing salary with beautiful women. Thomson cut off his momentum and went to Moscow on holiday for a weekend, which is desirable. But Moscow's winter weekend, however, is a standstill. The manager of the holiday tourism project of Thomson company in Britain took a group of people from the press to Moscow for a demonstration winter weekend and won a lot of reports in the major newspapers, which made the tourism project of going to Moscow for a weekend in the middle of winter go smoothly. This is one of the successful examples of Thomson's holiday tourism project. Thomson has only three people in charge of the holiday tourism project, led by Douglas Goodman. For more than ten years, they have been persistently using public relations tactics and made outstanding contributions to make the company the leading company in the industry. In the past 10 years, their most successful masterpiece was the tourism project in 1983. the most important thing in a year is to launch new holiday tourism activities. For the market development department, this means that this year's activities are still going on, and next year's detailed plan has been formulated. In 1983, Thomson company plans to launch summer tourism projects: summer sunshine, beautiful scenery, intimate friendship, carriage, villa and apartment. In order to let as many people as possible know about these projects, the company is scheduled to release 1 million copies of the five different holiday tours on September 1, 1982. most holidaymakers already have time to go abroad for their vacation in mind, because the vacation schedule of the factory is already scheduled, and they have long planned where to go for vacation. Therefore, it is very important to promote sales as soon as possible for tourism business. Before your competitors launch their activities, the earlier you implement your activities, the better

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