Of old, the rise of the Yin dynasty was due to I Chih who had served under the Hsia. Likewise, the rise of the Chou dynasty was due to Lu Ya who had served under the Yin.

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Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards.

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Camp in high places, facing the sun. Do not climb heights in order to fight. So much for mountain warfare.

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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.

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One who is skillful at keeping the enemy on the move maintains deceitful appearances, according to which the enemy will act. He sacrifices something, that the enemy may snatch at it.

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Toute ressemblance avec la réalité est tout simplement fortuite:

> «[...] mais en attendant, tâchez de l'affamer au milieu de l'abondance, de lui procurer du tracas dans le sein du repos, et de lui susciter mille terreurs dans le temps même de sa plus grande sécurité.»

~ http://plutocrat.diet/blog/2025/06/du-plein-et-du-vide.html

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If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way.

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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

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Direct and indirect attacks lead on to each other in turn. It is like moving in a circle - you never come to an end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of their combination?

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For the men of Wu and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come to each other’s assistance just as the left hand helps the right.

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Too frequent rewards signify that the enemy is at the end of his resources; too many punishments betray a condition of dire distress.

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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

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Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.

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What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.

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When the light chariots come out first and take up a position on the wings, it is a sign that the enemy is forming for battle.

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Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

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If you order your men to roll up their buffcoats, and make forced marches without halting day or night, covering double the usual distance at a stretch, doing a hundred LI in order to wrest an advantage, the leaders of all your three divisions will fall into the hands of the enemy.

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If you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless for any practical purpose.

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Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.

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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

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