Art of War Top 10

Number 1

• The commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness

Number 2

• There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare

Number 3

• It is rule in war, if our forces are 10 to the enemy's 1, surround him, if 5 to 1 to attack him, if twice as numerous, to divide our army in 2

Number 4

• Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it

Number 5

• 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

Number 6

• By discovering the enemy's dispositions and remaining invisible ourselves, we can keep our forces concentrated, while the enemy's must be divided

Number 7

• Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you a victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances

Number 8

• Ponder and deliberate before you make a move

Number 9

• The general who thoroughly understands the advantages that accompany variation of tactics knows how to handle his troops

Number 10

• Camp in high places, facing the sun. Do not climb heights in order to fight. so much for mountain warfare