Chinese strategy explained : know yourself and the ennemy, use deception, spies, and "win with ease". Tr. Giles (en, annotated) and Amiot (fr).
The Attack By Fire
Rather more than half the chapter (SS. 1-13) is devoted to the subject of fire, after which the author branches off into other topics.
Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.
Giles XII.22.
De même qu'un prince sage et éclairé met tous ses soins à bien gouverner, ainsi un général habile n'oublie rien pour former de bonnes troupes, et pour les employer à sauvegarder État et à préserver l'armée.
Amiot
The Art of War – Sun Zi XII. 15. – Chinese off/on – Français/English
Alias Sun Tzu, Sun Wu, Sun Tse, Sunzi Bingfa, Souen Tseu, Souen Wou, 孫武.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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