Thursday 13 December 2007

No retreat. No surrender.

One of the Warrior code, no retreat, no surrender. people will think that this is courage, yes indeed, but they are the fool in a ways. let me explain, now lets change a bit here, way of warrior. being a warior yourself, not only you need to fight upfront, care for your men, reward and punishment must be clear. understood the weather, ground, terrain, and your enemy. and understand the situation well. certain time a soilder can overwrite a commander order if he know and aware of the situation. these are the essential of a true warrior. But many of us in life, don't take it that way. oneself always so prideful to give way. one example is very clear. if you know, the famous battle of guan du. cao cao won the battle, why? cao cao troops is nothing compare to yuan shao vast army. beside strategy, cao cao believe in good concsell. he open up his heart drop down all his pride, humbly listen to his loyal general and adviser. and with some of his own idea. they won the war. on the other hand yuan shao was born in nobility. though he have many good general and adviser, he don't give a damn to any. even one of yuan shao adviser. Tian Feng, know that they will lose the battle from the start. he advise yuan shao. yuan shao imprison him. in the case does that sound familar to you in any way? or you find the story have, a moral behind it??? till then........ ^_^

2 comments:

alleycat said...

Everyone has their own motives and plans for action. The action plans often differ which can really test an one's motives. Each person has to ask themselves on a regular basis, "Why am I doing this and what do I hope to achieve/gain?"
We all want and truly believe we are right. And we are...for ourselves. We each carry our own truth based on our experiences and it is not for another person to say that so and so is wrong.

In this case, Cao Cao is humble as he opened up his heart and put down his pride. Humility is understanding that we are all imperfect human beings. Humility ensures that do not ever place ourselves above another. It takes a bigger person to put the ego aside, step out of the way.

An obstacle that we, as human beings, have to learn to overcome is that we are living in a world of many different Nations and ways of doing things.

Astral28 said...

you sure know what i looking for. ha each one of us hold the truth to certain thing in our heart. samthing like same action, but, different motive. you got it all right my friend.. you got the point that poke straight into my heart. thats spear whoever weild it. its the spear i'm been holding for SO LONG, no one is able to pass it on from me. alleycat do you know that you are going and nearly into a world where people find themselve hard to accept. and more so, we know how to get in and out with ease... you must have study some history.. see you around.