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The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him.

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November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished - this is the art of husbanding one’s strength.

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November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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That general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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If near your camp there should be any hilly country, ponds surrounded by aquatic grass, hollow basins filled with reeds, or woods with thick undergrowth, they must be carefully routed out and searched; for these are places where men in ambush or insidious spies are likely to be lurking.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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The onset of troops is like the rush of a torrent which will even roll stones along in its course.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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On the day that you take up your command, block the frontier passes, destroy the official tallies, and stop the passage of all emissaries.

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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy. Thus the army will have food enough for its needs.

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November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

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November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

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November 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Now the general is the bulwark of the State; if the bulwark is complete at all points; the State will be strong; if the bulwark is defective, the State will be weak.

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November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people’s substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.

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November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The sight of men whispering together in small knots or speaking in subdued tones points to disaffection amongst the rank and file.

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November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline, simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

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November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Whether to concentrate or to divide your troops, must be decided by circumstances.

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November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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If you are anxious to fight, you should not go to meet the invader near a river which he has to cross.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

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November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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When an army feeds its horses with grain and kills its cattle for food, and when the men do not hang their cooking-pots over the camp-fires, showing that they will not return to their tents, you may know that they are determined to fight to the death.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

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November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler’s bidding.

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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM