Sun Tzu

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. read more

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by read more

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting read more

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which read more

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.