声东击西 making a feint to the east and attacking in the westIn any battle the element of surprise can p...
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趁火打劫 Loot a burning house When a country is beset by internal conflicts, when disease and famine rav...
Substitute leisure for labour It is an advantage to choose the time and place for battle. In this wa...
Kill with a borrowed knife Attack using the strength of another (in a situation where using one's ow...
九地第十一 XI. The Nine Situations 孙子曰:用兵之法,有散地,有轻地,有争地,有交地,有衢地,有重地,有泛地,有围地,有 死地。 Sun Tzu said: The art o...
地形第十 X. Terrain 孙子曰:地形有通者、有挂者、有支者、有隘者、有险者、有远者。 Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain...
军旁有险阻、潢井、蒹葭、小林、□①荟者,必谨覆索之,此伏奸之所处也。 If in the neighborhood of your camp there should be any hilly cou...
行军第九 IX. The Army on the March 孙子曰:凡处军相敌,绝山依谷, Sun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encampin...
九变第八 VIII. Variation in Tactics 孙子曰:凡用兵之法,将受命于君,合军聚合。 Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his...
军争第七 VII. Maneuvering 孙子曰:凡用兵之法,将受命于君, Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from ...
寡者,备人者也;众者,使人备己者也。 Numerical weakness comes from having to prepare against possible attacks; numeric...
虚实第六 VI. Weak Points and Strong 孙子曰:凡先处战地而待敌者佚,后处战地而趋战者劳。 Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the fiel...
兵势第五 V. Energy 孙子曰:凡治众如治寡,分数是也; Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as ...
军形第四 IV. Tactical Dispositions 孙子曰:昔之善战者,先为不可胜,以待敌之可胜。 Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first ...
故君之所以患于军者三: There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune upon his army:-- (1) 不知军之不可以进...