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Tags: art of warXII. THE ATTACK BY FIRESun Tzu said: There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp; the second is to burn stores; the third is to burn baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping fire a… more » XI. THE NINE SITUATIONSSun Tzu said: The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground:
Dispersive ground;
facile ground;
contentious ground;
open ground;
ground of intersecting highways;
serious ground;
difficult ground;
hemmed-in… more » X. TERRAINSun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit:
Accessible ground;
entangling ground;
temporizing ground;
narrow passes;
precipitous heights;
positions at a great distance from the enemy.
Gro… more » IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCHSun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neighborhood of valleys.
Camp in high places, facing the sun. Do not climb heights in order to fight.… more » VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICSSun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his army and concentrates his forces
When in difficult country, do not encamp. In country where high roads intersect, join hands with your allies. Do not linger… more » VII. MANEUVERINGSun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign.
Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof before pitching his camp.
After that, comes tactic… more » VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONGSun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.
Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the e… more » V. ENERGYSun Tzu said: 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.
Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: i… more » IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONSSun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating t… more » III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEMSun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a d… more » II. WAGING WARSun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the fro… more » I. LAYING PLANSSun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. The art of war, then, is gove… more » Introduction to the Art of War by Sun TzuMaster Sun, Sun Tzu, may or may not have been a real person. The Art of War, which is attributed to him, may have been a document to which many Chinese Philosophers had contributed. Although it has been dated to around 600 BCE, it mentions the use of cha… more » |
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