- 08.001 Generally, the principles of warfare are...
- 08.002 Do not camp on difficult ground. Unite with your allies...
- 08.003 There are routes not to be taken; there are armies...
- 08.004 Therefore, the general who knows the advantages of the nine changes...
- 08.005 If the general does not know the advantages of the nine changes...
- 08.006 Those who commands an army but does not know the principles...
- 08.007 Therefore, the intelligent general contemplates both the advantages...
- 08.008 Contemplating the advantages, he fulfills his calculations...
- 08.009 Therefore, subjugate the neighboring rulers...
- 08.010 So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend...
- 08.011 Therefore, there are five dangerous traits of a general...
- 08.012 He who is cowardly can be captured.
- 08.013 He who is quick tempered can be insulted.
- 08.014 He who is moral can be shamed.
- 08.015 He who is fond of the people can be worried.
- 08.016 These five traits are faults in a general...