Monday, December 31, 2012

Sun Tsu The Art of War - XIII. THE USE OF SPIES

 1. Sun Tzu said:  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 highways.
    As many as seven hundred thousand families will be impeded
    in their labor.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE

 1. Sun 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 amongst the enemy.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground:
    (1) Dispersive ground; (2) facile ground; (3) contentious ground;
    (4) open ground; (5) ground of intersecting highways;
    (6) serious ground; (7) difficult ground; (8) hemmed-in ground;
    (9) desperate ground.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - X. TERRAIN

 1. Sun Tzu said:  We may distinguish six kinds of terrain,
    to wit:  (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground;
    (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous
    heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH

 1. Sun 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.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  In war, the general receives
    his commands from the sovereign, collects his army
    and concentrates his forces

Sun Tsu The Art of War - VII. MANEUVERING

 1. Sun Tzu said:  In war, the general receives his
    commands from the sovereign.