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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy!

Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu
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Kingdom of Qi
Sun Wu
Sun Zi
Changqing
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So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.
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Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage it on your terms, not on your enemy's terms.
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If it is to your advantage, make a forward move if not, stay where you are.
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All war is deception.
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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.
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Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement.
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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.
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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.
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Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.
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If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.
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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
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Quickness is the essence of the war.
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Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.
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If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle
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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement I attack that which he is obliged to rescue.
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It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
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