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We shall be unable to turn natural advantage to accountunless we make use of
local guides. Great results, he adds, can thus be achieved withsmall forces. If
he sendsreinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak. The real
difficulty comeswhen we engage in tactical operations.
All we need do is to
throwsomething odd and unaccountable in his way. Ho Shih illustrates themeaning
by a story taken from the life of
Yen-ch`ing.
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torelieve the town of O-yu, which was closely invested by a Ch`inarmy.
Henderson: Therules of strategy are few and simple. The T`UNG TIEN reads, If
THE ENEMYcrosses a river, etc. We shall be unable to turn natural advantage to
accountunless we make use of local guides. He didnot know the advantage of
keeping in the neighborhood ofvalleys.
]There are short days and long; the moon
has its periods of waningand waxing. Maneuvering with an army is advantageous;
with anundisciplined multitude, most dangerous.
That is why he says here
thatvictory can be achieved. Mei Yao-Ch`en calls it an ancient military
classic, and Wang Hsi, anold book on war.
The long feud between the twostates
ended in 473 B. The long feud between the twostates ended in 473 B.
6: Fierce
as a blazing firewhich no man can check.
Concealment is perhaps not so much
actual invisibility (see suprass.
Therefore, just as water retains no constant
shape, soin warfare there are no constant conditions.
He will conquer who has
learnt the artifice ofdeviation. Therefore, just as water retains no constant
shape, soin warfare there are no constant conditions.
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