If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
Sun Tzu
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and... →
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and you know Earth, you may... →
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men... →
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.