Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-05

Put More "Dumb Hard Work" (笨功夫) Into Leading Troops

带兵多下“笨功夫”

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Source-stated publication date	2026-08-05
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某部李营长，任职4年，把一个原本并不突出的营带成了全团标杆。所在单位在上级比武中摘金夺银，数十名骨干成长为行家里手，内部氛围融洽、官兵士气高涨，先后被表彰为“四铁”先进单位，荣立集体三等功。李营长本人也因实绩突出，职位得到提升。有人向他请教带兵秘诀，他回答：“下‘笨功夫’。” 何为“下‘笨功夫’”？翻看李营长的带兵日志，或许会找到答案。他的“笨功夫”，不是无为，而是把精力用在战斗力生成最需要的地方。他搞训练，从不搞“速成法”，不跳一个步骤、不漏一个细节，一个动作一个动作抠标准，一个课目一个课目过筛子；他带队伍，不回避一个矛盾、不绕开一个问题，对全营官兵的思想动态和实际困难始终心中有数；他抓管理，不刮“一阵风”，而是注重日常，作风纪律、安全管理、日常秩序，每件事都有人管、每个环节都有人盯。4年下来，没有轰轰烈烈的“大手笔”，却靠着日复一日的“笨功夫”，带出了一支拉得出、顶得上、打得赢的过硬队伍，也赢得了组织的认可和官兵的信任。细细品味这种“笨功夫”，会发现其背后藏着一种难得的清醒：这条看似缓慢的路，恰恰是通往成功最扎实的路径。基层工作千头万绪，带兵人容易被“巧”字带偏方向，总想着走捷径、出亮点、快见效，结果往往欲速则不达。部队建设有自身的客观规律，战斗力的生成，是一个由量变到质变的积蓄过程。试图跳过日积月累，用“取巧”的方式直奔结果，最终很可能经不起实践的检验。须知，所有绕开的“必经之路”，最终都会变成绕不过去的“回头路”。省下的“实功夫”，终将成为欠下的“历史账”，迟早要加倍偿还。带兵多下“笨功夫”。这种“笨功夫”，说到底就是守住本分，夯实基本功，把精武强能练到极致。要老老实实按规律办事，不急躁、不冒进、不糊弄，摒弃急于求成的心态，让每一步都踩在战斗力生成的节拍上。不靠一时讨巧，靠的是务实扎根、长期坚守、苦干实干，用实战的“尺子”卡出训练的“实招”。这条路，虽走得慢，但步步扎实；不起眼，却久久为功。带兵多下“笨功夫”，知易行难。当前，部队练兵备战任务重、节奏快、压力大，越是如此，越需要静下心来，既做显功也做潜功。带兵人应当有“功成不必在我”的胸襟，不贪一时之功、不图一时之名，甘于做那些“地平线以下”的工作，把基础夯实、把底子打牢。应当有“一把尺子量到底”的较真精神，对训练标准不降一格、对作风养成不放一处，将工作一桩桩落实、一件件打磨，把“实”字贯穿带兵全过程。应当有“日拱一卒”的定力，沉到一线、铆在战位，不被喧嚣所扰、不为速成所惑，在日复一日的苦干中积厚成势，在年复一年的实干中带出过硬队伍。

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A PLA political work commentary uses Battalion Commander Li's four-year tenure — during which his unnamed battalion earned 'Four-Iron' (四铁) commendations, a collective third-class merit citation, and produced multiple competition medalists — to argue that grassroots commanders must prioritize 笨功夫 ('dumb hard work': unglamorous, step-by-step daily effort) over shortcuts that generate visible results but hollow out combat effectiveness. The piece documents a recurring institutional concern: that promotion incentives push company- and battalion-level leaders toward 显功 (visible work) at the expense of 潜功 (latent work), degrading the foundational training and discipline that actually determine unit readiness. Its value is as a record of how PLA political media frames the tension between career incentives and genuine force building for junior officers, not as evidence of a new policy direction.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "带兵多下“笨功夫”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-05. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477775.html.

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