始计第一 Laying Plans 孙子曰:兵者,国之大事,死生之地,存亡之道,不可不察也。 Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance t...
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计利以听,乃为之势,以佐其外。 While heading the profit of my counsel, avail yourself also of any helpful circumsta...
取用于国,因粮于敌,故军食可足也。 Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy. Thus the army will...
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...
谋攻第三 III. Attack by Stratagem 孙子曰:夫用兵之法,全国为上,破国次之;全军为上,破军次之;全旅为上,破旅次之;全卒 为上,破卒次之;全伍为上,破伍次之。 Sun Tzu ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...