The Art of War
1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital
importance
to the State.
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1. Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift
chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred
thousand mail-clad soldiers, with (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the
best thing of all is to take the enemy's country
whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
So, (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first
put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and
then waited for an opportunity of defeating the
enemy.
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1. Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few
men: it is merely a question of dividing up their
numbers.
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1. Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field
and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh
for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten
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1. Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign.
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1. Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his
army and concentrates his forces
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1. Sun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the
enemy. Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the
neighborhood of valleys. (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of
terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2)
entangling ground; (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5)
pre (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war recognizes nine
varieties of ground: (1) Dispersive ground; (2) facile ground; (3)
contentious ground; (4) open ground; (5) ground of inter (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers
in their camp; the second is to burn stores; the third is to
burn baggage trains (more...)
1. Sun Tzu said: Raising a host of a hundred
thousand men and marching them great distances entails
heavy loss on the people and a drain on the resources of
the S (more...)
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