1. Laying plans
Summary: Art of War, ๅง่ฎก, initial estimations, the calculations.
Detail assessment and planning explores the five fundamental factors (the Way, seasons, terrain, leadership and management) and seven elements that determine the outcomes of military engagements. By thinking, assessing and comparing these points, a commander can calculate his chances of victory. Habitual deviation from these calculations will ensure failure via improper action. The text stresses that war is a very grave matter for the state and must not be commenced without due consideration.
2. Waging war
Summary: Art of War, ไฝๆ, waging war, the challenge.
Waging war explains how to understand the economy of warfare and how success requires winning decisive engagements quickly. This section advises that successful military campaigns require limiting the cost of competition and conflict.
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3. Attack by stratagem
Summary: Art of War, ่ฐๆป, planning offensives, the plan of attack.
Strategic attack defines the source of strength as unity, not size, and discusses the five factors that are needed to succeed in any war. In order of importance, these critical factors are: attack, strategy, alliances, army and cities.
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4. Tactical dispositions
Summary: Art of War, ๅๅฝข, military disposition, positioning.
Disposition of the army explains the importance of defending existing positions until a commander is capable of advancing from those positions in safety. It teaches commanders the importance of recognizing strategic opportunities, and teaches not to create opportunities for the enemy.
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5. Energy
Summary: Art of War, ๅ ตๅฟ, strategic military power, directing.
Forces explains the use of creativity and timing in building an army's momentum.
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6. Weak points & strong
Summary: Art of War, ่ๅฎ, vacuity and substance, illusion and reality.
Weaknesses and Strengths explains how an army's opportunities come from the openings in the environment caused by the relative weakness of the enemy in a given area.
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7. Maneuvering
Summary: Art of War, ๅไบ, military combat, engaging the force.
Military maneuvers explains the dangers of direct conflict and how to win those confrontations when they are forced upon the commander.
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8. Variation in tactics
Summary: Art of War, ไนๅ, nine changes, the nine variations.
Variations and adaptability focuses on the need for flexibility in an army's responses. It explains how to respond to shifting circumstances successfully.
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9. The army on the march
Summary: Art of War, ่กๅ, maneuvering the army, moving the force.
Movement and development of troops describes the different situations in which an army finds itself as it moves through new enemy territories, and how to respond to these situations. Much of this section focuses on evaluating the intentions of others.
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10. Terrain
Summary: Art of War, ๅฐๅฝข, terrain, configurations of terrain.
Situational positioning looks at the three general areas of resistance (distance, dangers and barriers) and the six types of ground positions that arise from them. Each of these six field positions offer certain advantages and disadvantages.
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11. The nine situations
Summary: Art of War, ไนๅฐ, nine terrains, the nine battlegrounds.
Nine terrains describes the nine common situations (or stages) in a campaign, from scattering to deadly, and the specific focus that a commander will need in order to successfully navigate them.
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12. The attack by fire
Summary: Art of War, ็ซๆป, incendiary attacks, fiery attack.
Attacking with fire explains the general use of weapons and the specific use of the environment as a weapon. This section examines the five targets for attack, the five types of environmental attack and the appropriate responses to such attacks.
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13. The use of spies
Summary: Art of War, ็จ้ด, employing spies, the use of intelligence.
Intelligence and espionage focuses on the importance of developing good information sources, and specifies the five types of intelligence sources and how to best manage each of them.
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"I had a dream. Under the full moon, I was a child embraced by nostalgic warmth. But when I wake from the dream, only a vague sense of longing remains...that, too, will soon disappear with a single tear like mountain dew"
"I had a dream. Under the full moon, I was a child embraced by nostalgic warmth. But when I wake from the dream, only a vague sense of longing remains...that, too, will soon disappear with a single tear like mountain dew"