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1. Sun Tzŭ said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. 4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline. 5, 6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger. 7. Heaven signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons. 8. Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death. 9. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness. 10. By Method and discipline are to be understood the marshalling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the gradations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure. 11. These five heads should be familiar to every general: he who knows them will be victorious; he who knows them not will fail. 12. Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:— 13. (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army is the stronger? (6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment? 14. By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War, chapter I, translated by Lionel Giles (1910). Public domain.
Sun Tzu said that the art of war is of vital importance to the state. War is a matter of life and death. It is a road that leads either to safety or to ruin. For that reason, the art of war is a subject of inquiry that must never be neglected. The art of war is governed by five constant factors. A general must take these factors into account when considering the conditions that prevail in the field. The five factors are the Moral Law, Heaven, Earth, the Commander, and Method and discipline. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler. Because of this accord, they will follow the ruler regardless of the danger to their own lives. They will not be dismayed by any peril. Heaven signifies night and day, cold and heat, and the times and seasons. Earth includes distances, whether great or small. It includes danger and security, open ground and narrow passes, and the chances of life and death. The Commander represents five virtues. They are wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage, and strictness. Method and discipline means the marshalling of the army into its proper subdivisions. It includes the gradations of rank among the officers. It includes maintaining the roads by which supplies can reach the army. And it includes controlling military expenditure. Every general should be familiar with these five factors. Whoever knows them will be victorious. Whoever does not know them will fail. Therefore, when considering military conditions, a general should make these five factors the basis of a comparison. The comparison should ask seven questions. First, which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral Law? Second, which of the two generals has the greater ability? Third, which side possesses the advantages provided by Heaven and Earth? Fourth, on which side is discipline enforced more rigorously? Fifth, which army is stronger? Sixth, in which army are the officers and men more highly trained? And seventh, in which army is there greater constancy in both reward and punishment? By means of these seven considerations, I can forecast victory or defeat.
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