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Chapter, Paragraph
1 II, 1 | of raising an army of 100,000 men.~
2 II, 1 | cost of raising an army of 100,000 men.~
3 XI, 46 | 46. Therefore, on dispersive
4 XI, 47 | 47. On contentious ground,
5 XI, 48 | 48. On open ground, I would
6 XI, 49 | 49. On serious ground, I would
7 XI, 50 | 50. On hemmed-in ground, I
8 XI, 51 | 51. For it is the soldier's
9 XI, 52 | 52. We cannot enter into alliance
10 XI, 53 | 53. To be ignored of any one
11 XI, 54 | 54. When a warlike prince attacks
12 XI, 55 | 55. Hence he does not strive
13 XI, 56 | 56. Bestow rewards without
14 XI, 57 | 57. Confront your soldiers
15 XI, 58 | 58. Place your army in deadly
16 XI, 59 | 59. For it is precisely when
17 XI, 60 | 60. Success in warfare is gained
18 XI, 61 | 61. By persistently hanging
19 XI, 62 | 62. This is called ability
20 XI, 63 | 63. On the day that you take
21 XI, 64 | 64. Be stern in the council-chamber,
22 XI, 65 | 65. If the enemy leaves a door
23 XI, 66 | 66. Forestall your opponent
24 XI, 67 | 67. Walk in the path defined
25 XI, 68 | 68. At first, then, exhibit
26 X, 4 | 4. Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy
27 XIII, 1 | be commotion at home and abroad, and men will drop down
28 VI, 10 | You may advance and be absolutely irresistible, if you make
29 IX, 20 | of encampment is easy of access, he is tendering a bait.~
30 XII, 13 | aid to the attack gain an accession of strength.~
31 XI, 67 | path defined by rule, and accommodate yourself to the enemy until
32 XI, 60 | warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's
33 VIII, 4 | understands the advantages that accompany variation of tactics knows
34 XI, 62 | This is called ability to accomplish a thing by sheer cunning.~
35 VIII, 8 | this way, we may succeed in accomplishing the essential part of our
36 VI, 21 | then that victory can be achieved.~
37 XIII, 22| spy that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward
38 V, 9 | five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet
39 VI, 23 | learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him
40 II, 2 | 2. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is
41 II, 35 | the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes
42 IV, 16 | moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline;
43 II, 34 | army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant
44 X, 24 | 24. The general who advances without coveting fame and
45 VII, 5 | Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude,
46 X, 8 | garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.~
47 X, 7 | attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather
48 VIII, 12| dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness,
49 II, 12 | away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.~
50 IX, 33 | shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry,
51 XI, 41 | ground; the expediency of aggressive or defensive tactics; and
52 XII, 16 | ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates
53 XIII, 20| names of the attendants, the aides-de-camp, and door-keepers and sentries
54 XIII, 25| 25. The end and aim of spying in all its five
55 XI, 23 | achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth their uttermost
56 XI, 52 | 52. We cannot enter into alliance with neighboring princes
57 VII, 20 | territory, cut it up into allotments for the benefit of the soldiery.~
58 VI, 2 | the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed
59 XIII, 12| purposes of deception, and allowing our spies to know of them
60 X, 19 | estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage
61 VIII, 10| engaged; hold out specious allurements, and make them rush to any
62 IX, 19 | 19. When he keeps aloof and tries to provoke a battle,
63 | already
64 XI, 37 | 37. By altering his arrangements and changing
65 IX, 22 | flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate
66 IX, 17 | are places where men in ambush or insidious spies are likely
67 XI, 18 | holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will."~
68 IX, 40 | than the enemy, that is amply sufficient; it only means
69 II, 36 | This is simply bringing anarchy into the army, and flinging
70 IV, 11 | 11. What the ancients called a clever fighter
71 V, 6 | moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons,
72 IX, 39 | enemy's troops march up angrily and remain facing ours for
73 II, 37 | He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout
74 | another
75 XI, 30 | the shuai-jan, I should answer, Yes. For the men of Wu
76 XI, 55 | secret designs, keeping his antagonists in awe. Thus he is able
77 XI, 37 | prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose.~
78 II, 25 | the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third
79 | anything
80 VI, 20 | anything under a hundred LI apart, and even the nearest are
81 V, 6 | Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven
82 XIII, 24| surviving spy can be used on appointed occasions.~
83 IX, 15 | all possible speed and not approached.~
84 IX, 17 | country, ponds surrounded by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled
85 II, 19 | leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the
86 IX, 23 | but spread over a wide area, it betokens the approach
87 X, 14 | several calamities, not arising from natural causes, but
88 II, 1 | sums spent on chariots and armor, will reach the total of
89 XI, 66 | subtly contrive to time his arrival on the ground.~
90 I, 21 | be weak, that he may grow arrogant.~
91 II, 13 | breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective
92 XII, 1 | trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines; the fifth
93 XIII, 20| must be commissioned to ascertain these.~
94 XIII, 20| to storm a city, or to assassinate an individual, it is always
95 X, 18 | there are no fixes duties assigned to officers and men, and
96 XI, 30 | will come to each other's assistance just as the left hand helps
97 II, 5 | cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.~
98 VI, 25 | the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them; conceal
99 II, 34 | 14. (2) By attempting to govern an army in the
100 XIII, 20| finding out the names of the attendants, the aides-de-camp, and
101 I, 25 | calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can
102 X, 7 | enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable
103 II, 17 | using the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.~
104 IV, 10 | 10. To lift an autumn hair is no sign of great
105 I, 15 | the profit of my counsel, avail yourself also of any helpful
106 II, 4 | however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must
107 II, 24 | cities if it can possibly be avoided. The preparation of mantlets,
108 VII, 29 | clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit
109 VI, 1 | is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy,
110 XI, 55 | keeping his antagonists in awe. Thus he is able to capture
111 VII, 33 | 33. It is a military axiom not to advance uphill against
112 VII, 11 | that an army without its baggage-train is lost; without provisions
113 II, 23 | form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans; the next
114 IX, 13 | you come to a hill or a bank, occupy the sunny side,
115 II, 13 | people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their
116 I, 17 | 18. All warfare is based on deception.~
117 VII, 11 | provisions it is lost; without bases of supply it is lost.~
118 IX, 17 | by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods
119 I, 11 | conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this
120 XI, 28 | them once be brought to bay, and they will display the
121 IX, 22 | of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack
122 XI, 28 | may weep, those sitting up bedewing their garments, and those
123 XI, 53 | five principles does not befit a warlike prince.~
124 VII, 28 | morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening,
125 XII, 14 | but not robbed of all his belongings.~
126 X, 25 | look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand
127 V, 15 | Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,
128 V, 18 | 18. Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is
129 II, 6 | instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.~
130 VII, 28 | the evening, his mind is bent only on returning to camp.~
131 VIII, 13| 13. These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous
132 VIII, 3 | attacked, towns which must be besieged, positions which must not
133 XI, 56 | 56. Bestow rewards without regard to
134 IX, 36 | resources; too many punishments betray a condition of dire distress.~
135 II, 21 | so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire
136 X, 30 | once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp,
137 X, 23 | fight even at the ruler's bidding.~
138 XII, 7 | s soldiers remain quiet, bide your time and do not attack.~
139 V, 9 | sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet combinations of them
140 V, 8 | yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they
141 VII, 2 | concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different
142 VIII, 7 | of disadvantage will be blended together.~
143 XI, 59 | is capable of striking a blow for victory.~
144 V, 8 | than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and
145 IX, 37 | 37. To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take
146 XI, 30 | crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm,
147 XI, 39 | 39. He burns his boats and breaks his cooking-pots;
148 VII, 23 | 23. The Book of Army Management says:
149 II, 13 | breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields,
150 VI, 25 | machinations of the wisest brains.~
151 VII, 25 | impossible either for the brave to advance alone, or for
152 XII, 9 | without, do not wait for it to break out within, but deliver
153 II, 22 | supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without
154 II, 13 | chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows,
155 XII, 11 | lasts long, but a night breeze soon falls.~
156 XIII, 21| sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably
157 XI, 57 | design. When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes;
158 II, 36 | princes. This is simply bringing anarchy into the army, and
159 XI, 42 | that penetrating deeply brings cohesion; penetrating but
160 V, 3 | whole host may withstand the brunt of the enemy's attack and
161 VII, 7 | your men to roll up their buff-coats, and make forced marches
162 XI, 39 | 39. He burns his boats and breaks his
163 IV, 20 | conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a
164 XI, 31 | tethering of horses, and the burying of chariot wheels in the
165 X, 14 | is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural
166 XI, 26 | until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.~
167 XII, 12 | the movements of the stars calculated, and a watch kept for the
168 X, 21 | victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and
169 IX, 34 | their cooking-pots over the camp-fires, showing that they will
170 II, 3 | 3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources
171 IX, 9 | lie behind. So much for campaigning in flat country.~
172 II, 18 | be victory, not lengthy campaigns.~
173 XI, 59 | into harm's way that is capable of striking a blow for victory.~
174 II, 37 | will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with
175 VI, 33 | be called a heaven-born captain.~
176 II, 26 | without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying
177 V, 9 | There are not more than five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt,
178 II, 7 | understand the profitable way of carrying it on.~
179 II, 14 | foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy's provisions
180 IX, 34 | with grain and kills its cattle for food, and when the men
181 XI, 30 | in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come
182 XII, 22 | the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep
183 XI, 41 | are things that must most certainly be studied.~
184 IV, 13 | is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means
185 VIII, 11| receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but
186 XII, 20 | 20. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may
187 XI, 37 | altering his arrangements and changing his plans, he keeps the
188 V, 16 | all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without
189 IV, 20 | of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.~
190 XI, 28 | the tears run down their cheeks. But let them once be brought
191 VIII, 10| 10. Reduce the hostile chiefs by inflicting damage on
192 XI, 2 | 2. When a chieftain is fighting in his own territory,
193 II, 4 | your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage
194 XIII, 26| Yin dynasty was due to I Chih who had served under the
195 I, 21 | If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate
196 XIII, 26| Likewise, the rise of the Chou dynasty was due to Lu Ya
197 XI, 28 | display the courage of a Chu or a Kuei.~
198 XI, 29 | snake that is found in the ChUng mountains. Strike at its
199 V, 11 | It is like moving in a circle -- you never come to an
200 IX, 39 | demands great vigilance and circumspection.~
201 XIII, 20| crush an army, to storm a city, or to assassinate an individual,
202 IX, 32 | spot, it is unoccupied. Clamor by night betokens nervousness.~
203 XIII, 7 | of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward
204 X, 18 | when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there
205 VII, 23 | ordinary objects be seen clearly enough: hence the institution
206 II, 5 | of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated
207 IX, 15 | which there are precipitous cliffs with torrents running between,
208 IX, 2 | facing the sun. Do not climb heights in order to fight.
209 XI, 38 | army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks
210 V, 18 | Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a
211 IX, 23 | collect firewood. A few clouds of dust moving to and fro
212 IX, 8 | and get your back to a clump of trees. So much for operations
213 XI, 15 | front and rear; to prevent co-operation between his large and small
214 XI, 42 | penetrating deeply brings cohesion; penetrating but a short
215 I, 6 | signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons.~
216 IX, 23 | parties have been sent to collect firewood. A few clouds of
217 VII, 2 | 2. Having collected an army and concentrated
218 VIII, 1 | commands from the sovereign, collects his army and concentrates
219 V, 8 | not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white,
220 XIII, 21| with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will become
221 II, 33 | 13. (1) By commanding the army to advance or to
222 XIII, 20| command. Our spies must be commissioned to ascertain these.~
223 XIII, 1 | of silver. There will be commotion at home and abroad, and
224 XI, 43 | When there are means of communication on all four sides, the ground
225 VII, 17 | be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.~
226 II, 21 | regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.~
227 VI, 24 | 24. Carefully compare the opposing army with your
228 I, 11 | them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: -- ~
229 VI, 18 | numerical strength, from compelling our adversary to make these
230 IX, 38 | When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a
231 VI, 26 | what the multitude cannot comprehend.~
232 I, 7 | 8. Earth comprises distances, great and small;
233 V, 18 | question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of
234 VIII, 1 | sovereign, collects his army and concentrates his forces~
235 XI, 54 | itself in preventing the concentration of the enemy's forces. He
236 IX, 7 | salt-marshes, your sole concern should be to get over them
237 VIII, 13| general, ruinous to the conduct of war.~
238 XI, 34 | Thus the skillful general conducts his army just as though
239 VII, 32 | army drawn up in calm and confident array: -- this is the art
240 VIII, 5 | well acquainted with the configuration of the country, yet he will
241 IX, 15 | between, deep natural hollows, confined places, tangled thickets,
242 XII, 3 | special days for starting a conflagration.~
243 XI, 57 | 57. Confront your soldiers with the deed
244 V, 16 | real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may
245 II, 16 | chariots mingled and used in conjunction with ours. The captured
246 XI, 46 | see that there is close connection between all parts of my
247 II, 17 | This is called, using the conquered foe to augment one's own
248 IX, 14 | 14. When, in consequence of heavy rains up-country,
249 II, 4 | will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.~
250 XI, 48 | intersecting highways, I would consolidate my alliances.~
251 I, 12 | army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?~
252 XII, 4 | when the moon is in the constellations of the Sieve, the Wall,
253 X, 21 | dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.~
254 IV, 16 | 16. The consummate leader cultivates the moral
255 XII, 20 | vexation may be succeeded by content.~
256 VIII, 3 | positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign
257 XI, 6 | which forms the key to three contiguous states, so that he who occupies
258 XI, 22 | strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise
259 XI, 49 | I would try to ensure a continuous stream of supplies. On difficult
260 II, 10 | contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a
261 II, 10 | army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing
262 X, 21 | estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and
263 XI, 18 | 18. If asked how to cope with a great host of the
264 II, 1 | silver per day. Such is the cost of raising an army of 100,
265 XI, 64 | 64. Be stern in the council-chamber, so that you may control
266 VII, 20 | 20. When you plunder a countryside, let the spoil be divided
267 X, 20 | 20. These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully
268 IX, 26 | unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.~
269 VII, 7 | without halting day or night, covering double the usual distance
270 X, 24 | general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without
271 VIII, 12| leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (
272 VII, 25 | advance alone, or for the cowardly to retreat alone. This is
273 XI, 68 | first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy
274 IX, 6 | 6. Moor your craft higher up than the enemy,
275 IV, 12 | reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage.~
276 IX, 15 | thickets, quagmires and crevasses, should be left with all
277 IX, 5 | a river which he has to cross.~
278 XII, 4 | the Wall, the Wing or the Cross-bar; for these four are all
279 V, 15 | likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing
280 IX, 4 | When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march,
281 XII, 15 | succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise;
282 XI, 62 | accomplish a thing by sheer cunning.~
283 VII, 20 | you capture new territory, cut it up into allotments for
284 XIII, 1 | resources of the State. The daily expenditure will amount
285 VIII, 2 | allies. Do not linger in dangerously isolated positions. In hemmed-in
286 X, 21 | calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes
287 V, 4 | may be like a grindstone dashed against an egg -- this is
288 XII, 11 | A wind that rises in the daytime lasts long, but a night
289 XII, 21 | into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to
290 XI, 58 | 58. Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive;
291 V, 19 | enemy on the move maintains deceitful appearances, according to
292 XI, 67 | enemy until you can fight a decisive battle.~
293 XIII, 5 | from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.~
294 XI, 57 | Confront your soldiers with the deed itself; never let them know
295 X, 25 | will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them
296 II, 31 | strong; if the bulwark is defective, the State will be weak.~
297 XI, 20 | your troops, and thus the defenders will not prevail against
298 XI, 48 | keep a vigilant eye on my defenses. On ground of intersecting
299 VI, 24 | superabundant and where it is deficient.~
300 XI, 67 | 67. Walk in the path defined by rule, and accommodate
301 XI, 37 | keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his
302 II, 5 | seen associated with long delays.~
303 VII, 21 | 21. Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.~
304 VIII, 12| provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive
305 IX, 39 | the situation is one that demands great vigilance and circumspection.~
306 XI, 57 | never let them know your design. When the outlook is bright,
307 VII, 8 | your army will reach its destination.~
308 IV, 15 | been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and
309 XII, 21 | kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into
310 VII, 6 | late. On the other hand, to detach a flying column for the
311 IX, 34 | you may know that they are determined to fight to the death.~
312 V, 23 | 23. Thus the energy developed by good fighting men is
313 I, 24 | 25. These military devices, leading to victory, must
314 VII, 3 | consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune
315 XI, 22 | continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.~
316 VII, 3 | nothing more difficult. The difficulty of tactical maneuvering
317 IX, 35 | subdued tones points to disaffection amongst the rank and file.~
318 X, 5 | return being impossible, disaster will ensue.~
319 II, 25 | remains untaken. Such are the disastrous effects of a siege.~
320 VII, 30 | 30. Disciplined and calm, to await the appearance
321 VI, 13 | 13. By discovering the enemy's dispositions
322 II, 35 | officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the
323 IX, 12 | the army will be free from disease of every kind, and this
324 X, 24 | retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to
325 XI, 27 | is not because they are disinclined to longevity.~
326 I, 14 | defeat: -- let such a one be dismissed!~
327 XI, 42 | penetrating but a short way means dispersion.~
328 XI, 28 | brought to bay, and they will display the courage of a Chu or
329 XI, 51 | For it is the soldier's disposition to offer an obstinate resistance
330 II, 27 | his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire,
331 VII, 15 | 15. In war, practice dissimulation, and you will succeed.~
332 II, 13 | of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses
333 XI, 27 | not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives
334 X, 18 | orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixes
335 X, 1 | 1. Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to
336 VI, 16 | and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the
337 XIII, 9 | of the inhabitants of a district.~
338 II, 36 | the army is restless and distrustful, trouble is sure to come
339 IX, 33 | 33. If there is disturbance in the camp, the general'
340 VI, 11 | high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack
341 V, 1 | is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.~
342 VII, 9 | the leader of your first division, and only half your force
343 | done
344 XI, 65 | 65. If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.~
345 XIII, 20| the aides-de-camp, and door-keepers and sentries of the general
346 VII, 7 | halting day or night, covering double the usual distance at a
347 X, 31 | victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and
348 XI, 26 | away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself
349 VII, 33 | oppose him when he comes downhill.~
350 VI, 29 | high places and hastens downwards.~
351 XIII, 1 | loss on the people and a drain on the resources of the
352 II, 13 | shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount
353 VII, 32 | refrain from attacking an army drawn up in calm and confident
354 IX, 30 | sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is
355 XI, 15 | leaders of old knew how to drive a wedge between the enemy'
356 XI, 39 | driving a flock of sheep, he drives his men this way and that,
357 XIII, 1 | and abroad, and men will drop down exhausted on the highways.
358 XII, 1 | magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping fire amongst the enemy.~
359 II, 2 | men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be
360 II, 4 | Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your
361 X, 18 | when there are no fixes duties assigned to officers and
362 IV, 10 | thunder is no sign of a quick ear.~
363 IX, 9 | level country, take up an easily accessible position with
364 V, 21 | clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and
365 II, 25 | Such are the disastrous effects of a siege.~
366 V, 6 | 6. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible
367 IX, 31 | to be gained and makes no effort to secure it, the soldiers
368 V, 4 | grindstone dashed against an egg -- this is effected by the
369 XIII, 27| Spies are a most important element in water, because on them
370 XIII, 5 | foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot
371 XI, 63 | stop the passage of all emissaries.~
372 XIII, 2 | of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.~
373 IX, 10 | which enabled the Yellow Emperor to vanquish four several
374 XIII, 22| are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies.~
375 XIII, 15| Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive
376 XI, 68 | you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running
377 IX, 10 | military knowledge which enabled the Yellow Emperor to vanquish
378 VIII, 2 | difficult country, do not encamp. In country where high roads
379 VI, 4 | starve him out; if quietly encamped, he can force him to move.~
380 V, 10 | combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.~
381 XI, 30 | and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing
382 X, 26 | kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable,
383 VIII, 10| and keep them constantly engaged; hold out specious allurements,
384 VI, 11 | enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered
385 VI, 12 | can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines
386 XIII, 1 | marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people
387 XII, 15 | cultivating the spirit of enterprise; for the result is waste
388 II, 1 | at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such
389 IX, 38 | 38. When envoys are sent with compliments
390 VII, 6 | 6. If you set a fully equipped army in march in order to
391 I, 25 | calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The
392 XI, 23 | positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death
393 XI, 19 | 19. Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of
394 II, 37 | know that there are five essentials for victory: (1) He will
395 IV, 13 | Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory,
396 X, 21 | best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling
397 I, 20 | is in superior strength, evade him.~
398 VII, 28 | begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind is bent only on
399 II, 7 | thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly
400 VI, 27 | out of which victory is evolved.~
401 II, 12 | will be afflicted by heavy exactions.~
402 VI, 21 | estimate the soldiers of Yueh exceed our own in number, that
403 IV, 11 | one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.~
404 II, 10 | 10. Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained
405 IX, 41 | 41. He who exercises no forethought but makes
406 II, 13 | this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of
407 XI, 68 | 68. At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden,
408 IV, 18 | 18. Measurement owes its existence to Earth; Estimation of
409 VIII, 8 | 8. If our expectation of advantage be tempered
410 XI, 41 | varieties of ground; the expediency of aggressive or defensive
411 II, 13 | dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out
412 XIII, 5 | obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.~
413 X, 30 | 30. Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion,
414 X, 14 | 14. Now an army is exposed to six several calamities,
415 VIII, 12| over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.~
416 II, 4 | to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise,
417 VIII, 9 | seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.~
418 XI, 48 | I would keep a vigilant eye on my defenses. On ground
419 I, 3 | governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account
420 XIII, 8 | sovereign's most precious faculty.~
421 IX, 29 | on their spears, they are faint from want of food.~
422 XI, 25 | restrictions, they will be faithful; without giving orders,
423 V, 13 | the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike
424 XII, 11 | but a night breeze soon falls.~
425 X, 24 | advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing
426 XIII, 1 | as seven hundred thousand families will be impeded in their
427 VII, 31 | well-fed while the enemy is famished: -- this is the art of husbanding
428 IV, 20 | into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.~
429 XI, 26 | comes, no calamity need be feared.~
430 X, 24 | fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought
431 IX, 34 | 34. When an army feeds its horses with grain and
432 X, 17 | their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the
433 V, 23 | a mountain thousands of feet in height. So much on the
434 I, 19 | baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.~
435 X, 26 | unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable
436 XI, 8 | rugged steeps, marshes and fens -- all country that is hard
437 XI, 21 | 21. Make forays in fertile country in order to supply
438 II, 36 | sure to come from the other feudal princes. This is simply
439 XII, 1 | arsenals and magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping fire
440 IV, 17 | fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory.~
441 VII, 9 | 9. If you march fifty LI in order to outmaneuver
442 IV, 1 | Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves
443 IV, 15 | destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for
444 IX, 35 | disaffection amongst the rank and file.~
445 IX, 17 | aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods with
446 XIII, 13| 13. Surviving spies, finally, are those who bring back
447 XIII, 20| always necessary to begin by finding out the names of the attendants,
448 IX, 23 | have been sent to collect firewood. A few clouds of dust moving
449 XI, 24 | refuge, they will stand firm. If they are in hostile
450 IV, 17 | military method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly,
451 X, 18 | distinct; when there are no fixes duties assigned to officers
452 VII, 28 | noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his
453 XII, 8 | 3) When the force of the flames has reached its height,
454 XI, 61 | persistently hanging on the enemy's flank, we shall succeed in the
455 IV, 7 | who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights
456 IX, 9 | much for campaigning in flat country.~
457 V, 9 | combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.~
458 IX, 14 | wish to ford is swollen and flecked with foam, you must wait
459 II, 29 | unequal in every way, we can flee from him.~
460 II, 36 | anarchy into the army, and flinging victory away.~
461 XI, 39 | like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep, he drives his
462 V, 6 | and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like
463 VI, 31 | the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his
464 VII, 6 | other hand, to detach a flying column for the purpose involves
465 IX, 14 | swollen and flecked with foam, you must wait until it
466 VII, 24 | eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.~
467 VIII, 3 | roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not
468 II, 9 | with you from home, but forage on the enemy. Thus the army
469 II, 14 | general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload
470 XI, 21 | 21. Make forays in fertile country in order
471 X, 23 | fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not
472 IX, 14 | river which you wish to ford is swollen and flecked with
473 I, 13 | seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.~
474 I, 25 | to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or
475 IX, 41 | 41. He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents
476 X, 21 | 21. The natural formation of the country is the soldier'
477 X, 18 | and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard
478 | former
479 XI, 6 | 6. Ground which forms the key to three contiguous
480 XI, 7 | country, leaving a number of fortified cities in its rear, it is
481 XI, 55 | and sundry, nor does he foster the power of other states.
482 I, 25 | temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a
483 V, 22 | move when on a slope; if four-cornered, to come to a standstill,
484 II, 13 | heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.~
485 XII, 1 | burn baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and
486 IV, 17 | quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly,
487 VI, 14 | enemy must split up into fractions. Hence there will be a whole
488 X, 2 | 2. Ground which can be freely traversed by both sides
489 IX, 36 | 36. Too frequent rewards signify that the
490 VI, 1 | coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is
491 IX, 37 | but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers,
492 IX, 23 | clouds of dust moving to and fro signify that the army is
493 XI, 63 | your command, block the frontier passes, destroy the official
494 XII, 22 | heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the
495 V, 18 | of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking
496 XI, 41 | defensive tactics; and the fundamental laws of human nature: these
497 | further
498 VI, 20 | How much more so if the furthest portions of the army are
499 XI, 28 | sitting up bedewing their garments, and those lying down letting
500 I, 12 | law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With
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