【正文】 for then the enemy will have to prepare agains。s must be divided. 14. We can form a single united body, while the enemy must split up into fractions. Hence there will be a whole pitted against separate parts of a whole, which means that we shall be many to the enemy39。 you may retire and be safe from pursuit if your movements are more rapid than those of the enemy. 11. If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve. 12. If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way. 13. By discovering the enemy39。s fate in our hands. 10. You may advance and be absolutely irresistible, if you make for the enemy39。 and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack. 9. O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible。 if quietly encamped, he can force him to move. 5. Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend。 or, by inflicting damage, he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near. 4. If the enemy is taking his ease, he can harass him。 whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. 2. Therefore the clever batant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy39。 then with a body of picked men he lies in wait for him. 21. The clever batant looks to the effect of bined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize bined energy. 22. When he utilizes bined energy, his fighting men bee as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope。 concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy。 amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat. 17. Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline, simulated fear postulates courage。 yet these two in bination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers. 11. The direct and the indirect lead on to each other in turn. It is like moving in a circleyou never e to an end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of their bination? 12. The onset of troops is like the rush of a torrent which will even roll stones along in its course. 13. The quality of decision is like the welltimed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. 14. Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. 15. Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow。 like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew。s weight placed in the scale against a single grain. 20. The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pentup waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep. V. ENERGY 1. Sun 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. 2. Fighting with a large army under your mand is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals. 3. To ensure that your whole host may withstand the brunt of the enemy39。 Balancing of chances to Calculation。 Estimation of quantity to Measurement。 fourthly, Balancing of chances。 secondly, Estimation of quantity。 to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear. 11. What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. 12. Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage. 13. He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. 14. Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy. 15. Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. 16. The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline。 on the other, a victory that is plete. 8. To see victory only when it is within the ken of the mon herd is not the acme of excellence. 9. Neither is it the acme of excellence if you fight and conquer and the whole Empire says, Well done! 10. To lift an autumn hair is no sign of great strength。 attacking, a superabundance of strength. 7. The general who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the earth。s minds. 15. (3) By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers. 16. But when the army is restless and distrustful, trouble is sure to e from the other feudal princes. This is simply bringing anarchy into the army, and flinging victory away. 17. Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: (1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. (2) He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. (3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. (4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. (5) He will win who has military capacity and is n