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Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself
敵を知り己を知る is the Japanese version of “know your enemy, know yourself.”
There is a longer version of this proverb that adds, “...and you can win 100 battles.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself
This proverb is from Sun Tzu's (Sunzi's) Art of War.
It means that if you know and understand the enemy, you also know yourself. Four secondary characters come after this in the Art of War (not included here) which suggests you cannot lose a battle when you follow this philosophy.
In a very literal and somewhat-boring way, this can also be translated as “Estimate correctly one's strength as well as that of one's opponent.”
Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず is the longer/full Japanese version of this proverb. This means “Know your enemy, know yourself, and you will not fear a hundred battles.”
Others will translate this as “Know thy enemy, know thyself, yields victory in one hundred battles.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and You Cannot Lose
知彼知己百戰不殆 is from Sun Tzu's (Sunzi's) Art of War. It means that if you know and understand the enemy, you also know yourself, and thus with this complete understanding, you cannot lose.
This proverb is often somewhat directly translated as “Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.”
It can also be translated as “If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can come out of hundreds of battles without danger,” or “Know your enemy, know yourself, and your victory will not be threatened.”
True Victory is Victory Over Oneself
正勝吾勝 is a proverb that is often translated as “True victory is victory over oneself.”
However, literally, Kanji by Kanji, means “True victory [is] my/self victory.”
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Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open
闇打狐狸明打狼 is a Chinese proverb that translates as: Hunt foxes stealthily, [and] hunt wolves openly [just as they do].
Figuratively, this means:
Different opponents require different appropriate strategies.
This is a suggestion that you should know your enemy and know that each enemy is different, therefore requires a specialized approach (attack).
See Also: Art of War Military
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず see styles |
tekioshirionooshirebahyakusenayaukarazu てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからず |
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知己知彼 see styles |
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3 chih chi chih pi |
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) |
知己知彼，百戰不殆 知己知彼，百战不殆 see styles |
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3 , bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4 chih chi chih pi , pai chan pu tai |
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) |
彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からず see styles |
kareoshirionoreoshirebahyakusenayaukarazu かれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからず |
(expression) (proverb) (from Sun Tzu's The Art of War) if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy |
敵を知り己を知らば百戦危うからず see styles |
tekioshirionooshirabahyakusenayaukarazu てきをしりおのをしらばひゃくせんあやうからず |
(expression) (proverb) (See 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず) know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles |
Variations: |
kareoshirionoreoshirebahyakusenayaukarazu かれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからず |
(expression) (proverb) (from Sun Tzu's The Art of War) if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy |
Variations: |
kareoshirionoreoshireba、hyakusenayaukarazu かれをしりおのれをしれば、ひゃくせんあやうからず |
(expression) (proverb) (from Sun Tzu's The Art of War) if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself | 敵を知り己を知る | te ki o shi ri o no re o shi ru tekioshirionoreoshiru | ||
| Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself | 知彼知己 | zhí bǐ zhí jī zhi2 bi3 zhi2 ji1 zhi bi zhi ji zhibizhiji | chih pi chih chi chihpichihchi |
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| Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles | 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず | teki o shi ri o no o shi re ba hya ku sen aya u ka ra zu | ||
| Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and You Cannot Lose | 知彼知己百戰不殆 知彼知己百战不殆 | zhí bǐ zhí jī bǎi zhàn bú dài zhi2 bi3 zhi2 ji1 bai3 zhan4 bu2 dai4 zhi bi zhi ji bai zhan bu dai zhibizhijibaizhanbudai | chih pi chih chi pai chan pu tai | |
| True Victory is Victory Over Oneself | 正勝吾勝 正胜吾胜 | masa katsu a gatsu masakatsuagatsu | ||
| Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open | 闇打狐狸明打狼 暗打狐狸明打狼 | àn dǎ hú li míng dǎ láng an4 da3 hu2 li ming2 da3 lang2 an da hu li ming da lang andahulimingdalang | an ta hu li ming ta lang antahulimingtalang |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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