{"id":1179,"date":"2004-04-12T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-12T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2004-04-12T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-12T22:53:00","slug":"sun-tzu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2004\/04\/12\/sun-tzu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Tzu"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I like Chinese<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Quick footnotes of some of the following quotations. Take the first one for example: Thomas Friedman<\/a> (like him or, as I will, lump him) finished a typical Friedmanesque editorial with the astute ” In that case, we will have to move to Plan B. Too bad we never really had Plan A.”<\/i> Take the second one… destroy the village to save the village. Take the third quote… History is prologue<\/a>. Take the fourth one: refresh your memory with three stupid words: “Bring It On”. Take the fifth quote: Maybe a cheap shot, but go ahead and google the term “Chicken-hawk.” Take the sixth quote: Did the powers that be even bother weighing into their considerations the consequence of shutting down that stupid newspaper? <\/p>\n

#1: The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple where the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.
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#2: Do not interfere with an army that is returning home. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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#3: If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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#4: No leader should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no leader should fight a battle simply out of pique. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened leader is heedful, and the good leader full of caution.
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#5: It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
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#6: Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content.
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I like Chinese… Quick footnotes of some of the following quotations. Take the first one for example: Thomas Friedman (like him or, as I will, lump him) finished a typical Friedmanesque editorial with the astute ” In that case, we will have to move to Plan B. Too bad we never really had Plan A.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-regurgitates-forward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}