لا تطارد عدوا سريعا يكاد يطير، ولا تهاجم جنودا طبعهم حاد عنيف

“the Completer and Wu Wang all used spears and battle-axes in order to succor th…”

“It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only s…”

“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat,…”

“Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to de…”