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Sun Zi Introduction Table of content – The Art of War

Chinese strategy explained : know yourself and the ennemy, use deception, spies, and "win with ease". Tr. Giles (en, annotated) and Amiot (fr).

Introduction
I. Laying Plans
II. Waging War
III. Attack by Stratagem
IV. Tactical Dispositions
V. Energy
VI. Weak Points and Strong
VII. Maneuvering
VIII. Variation in Tactics
IX. The Army On The March
X. Terrain
XI. The Nine Situations
XII. The Attack By Fire
XIII. The Use of Spies

Laying Plans

Ts`ao Kung, in defining the meaning of the Chinese for the title of this chapter, says it refers to the deliberations in the temple selected by the general for his temporary use, or as we should say, in his tent. See. ss. 26.

Sunzi I. 7.

By METHOD AND DISCIPLINE are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure.

Giles I.10.

Aux connaissances dont je viens de parler, il faut ajouter celle de la discipline. Posséder l'art de ranger les troupes ; n'ignorer aucune des lois de la subordination et les faire observer à la rigueur ; être instruit des devoirs particuliers de chacun de nos subalternes ; savoir connaître les différents chemins par où on peut arriver à un même terme ; ne pas dédaigner d'entrer dans un détail exact de toutes les choses qui peuvent servir, et se mettre au fait de chacune d'elles en particulier. Tout cela ensemble forme un corps de discipline dont la connaissance pratique ne doit point échapper à la sagacité ni aux attentions d'un général.

Amiot

The last bi4 should be bu4, according to other editions and in agreement with Giles's translation.
yves – 7 – 2006/12/06
"Ainsi le soldat habile dirige sans se laisser diriger"
wengu – 5 – 2005/12/01
Chinese landscape on plate (59)

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Alias Sun Tzu, Sun Wu, Sun Tse, Sunzi Bingfa, Souen Tseu, Souen Wou, 孫武.

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