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Chapter : The art of war is of vital importance to the State. | No output provided |
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Chapter : 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 sol- diers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armor, will reach the total of a thousand ounces of silver per day. Such is the cost of raising an army of , men. | No output provided |
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Chapter : In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy鈥檚 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 detachment or a company entire than to destroy them. | No output provided |
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Chapter : The good fighters of old first put them- selves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then wait- ed for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. | No output provided |
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Chapter : 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. | No output provided |
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Chapter : 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 bat- tle will arrive exhausted. | No output provided |
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Chapter : In war, the general receives his com- mands from the sovereign. | No output provided |
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Chapter : In war, the general receives his com- mands from the sovereign, collects his army and con- centrates his forces. | No output provided |
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Chapter : We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neigh- borhood of valleys. | No output provided |
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Chapter : We may distinguish six kinds of ter- rain, to wit: | No output provided |
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Chapter : The art of war recognizes nine vari- eties of ground: | No output provided |
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Chapter : There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp; the sec- ond 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 amongst the enemy. | No output provided |
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Chapter : Raising a host of a hundred thousand men and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drain on the resources of the State. The daily expenditure will amount to a thousand ounces of silver. There will be commotion at home and abroad, and men will drop down exhausted on the high- ways. As many as seven hundred thousand families will be impeded in their labor. | No output provided |