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  1. 06.001 Generally the one who first occupies the battlefield awaiting...
  2. 06.002 Therefore those skilled warfare move the enemy...
  3. 06.003 Getting the enemy to approach on his own accord...
  4. 06.004 Therefore, if the enemy is at ease...
  5. 06.005 To march over a thousand li without becoming distressed...
  6. 06.006 To be certain to take what you attack...
  7. 06.007 To be certain of safety when defending...
  8. 06.008 Therefore, against those skilled in attack...
  9. 06.009 Against those skilled in defense, the enemy...
  10. 06.010 Subtle! Subtle! They become formless...
  11. 06.011 To achieve an advance that cannot be hampered...
  12. 06.012 Therefore, if we want to do battle...
  13. 06.013 Therefore, if we can make the enemy show his position...
  14. 06.014 If our army is at full force and the enemy is divided...
  15. 06.015 Therefore, we are many and the enemy few...
  16. 06.016 The place of battle must not be made known...
  17. 06.017 If he prepares to defend many places...
  18. 06.018 Therefore, if he prepares to defend the front...
  19. 06.019 The few are those preparing to defend against others...
  20. 06.020 Therefore, if one knows the place of battle...
  21. 06.021 If one does not know the place of battle...
  22. 06.022 How much less so if he is separated by tens of li, or even a few li...
  23. 06.023 Based on my calculations, though Yueh's troops were many...
  24. 06.024 Though the enemy is many, he can be prevented from doing battle...
  25. 06.025 Provoke him, to know his patterns of movement.
  26. 06.026 Determine his position, to know the ground of death and of life.
  27. 06.027 Probe him, to know where he is strong and where he is weak.
  28. 06.028 The ultimate skill is to take up a position where you are formless.
  29. 06.029 If you are formless, the most penetrating spies...
  30. 06.030 With formation, the army achieves victories yet they do not...
  31. 06.031 Therefore, your strategy for victories in battle...
  32. 06.032 The army's formation is like water. The water's formation...
  33. 06.033 So an army's formation avoids...
  34. 06.034 Water's formation adapts to the ground when flowing...
  35. 06.035 Therefore, an army does not have constant force...
  36. 06.036 Therefore, of the five elements...