Name: Chapter 03 - The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Attack by Stratagem
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war, the best thing of all is to take the

So, too, it is better to recapture an army

regiment, a detachment or a company entire

2. Hence to fight and conquer in all your

battles is not supreme excellence; supreme

excellence consists in breaking the enemy's

3. Thus the highest form of generalship is

to balk the enemy's plans; the next best is

forces; the next in order is to attack the

policy of all is to besiege walled cities.

piling up of mounds over against the walls

assault like swarming ants, with the result

that one-third of his men are slain, while

Such are the disastrous effects of a siege.

the enemy's troops without any fighting; he

captures their cities without laying siege

7. With his forces intact he will dispute

without losing a man, his triumph will be

8. It is the rule in war, if our forces are

ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if

9. If equally matched, we can offer battle;

avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every

10. Hence, though an obstinate fight may be

made by a small force, in the end it must

11. Now the general is the bulwark of the

12. There are three ways in which a ruler

13. (1) By commanding the army to advance

or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact

14. (2) By attempting to govern an army in

the same way as he administers a kingdom,

This causes restlessness in the soldier's

This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.

distrustful, trouble is sure to come from

essentials for victory: (1) He will win who

knows when to fight and when not to fight.

(3) He will win whose army is animated by

the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

(5) He will win who has military capacity

enemy and know yourself, you need not fear

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for

every victory gained you will also suffer

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,

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Chapter 03 - The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Attack by Stratagem

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