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止戈為武

　　能制止戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、平息戰(zhàn)亂才是真正的武功。這是春秋時(shí)代楚莊王根據(jù)“武”字的字形提出的著名軍事思想?！爸埂奔粗瓜?；“戈”即武器，借指戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。將“武”釋為止戰(zhàn)，既符合以形表意的漢字文化特質(zhì)，也體現(xiàn)了中國(guó)人以武禁暴的軍事政治觀(guān)及崇尚和平、反對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的文明精神。

Stopping War Is a True Craft of War

　　To be able to stop war is a true craft of war. This famous military view was first raised by King Zhuang of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, on the basis of the structure of the Chinese character wu. Wu is composed of zhi, which means to stop; and ge, which means dagger-axe or weapons and is used here in the metaphorical sense of warfare. To interpret wu as stopping war was consistent with the cultural characteristics of Chinese characters. It also expresses the Chinese people's thinking of using military means to stop violence and their love of peace and opposition to war.

引 例

　　倉(cāng)頡作書(shū)，“止”“戈”為“武”。圣人以武禁暴整亂，止息干戈，非以為殘而興縱之也。（《漢書(shū)·武五子傳贊》）（倉(cāng)頡造字，由“止”“戈”合成一個(gè)“武”字。圣人使用武力禁止殘暴，平定動(dòng)亂，止息戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，而不是為了殘殺、毀滅對(duì)方而濫用武力。）

　　When Cang Jie created Chinese script, he put zhi and ge together to make wu. To stop war, sages used military force to quell violence and turmoil. They did not abuse their military power to commit atrocities of killing and destroying their opponents. (The History of the Han Dynasty)