Monday, February 17, 2014

War, The Art of War



故曰:知彼知己,百戰不殆;不知彼而知己,一勝一負;不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆。

- 孫武, 孫子, 謀攻篇 第三

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.

- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Verses from the book occur in modern daily Chinese idioms and phrases, such as the last verse of Chapter 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War

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