The Art of War: Difference between revisions

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Not only does it find use in war; the themes and ideas in this book have several other applications in everyday life such as business and sports.

* [[Never Split the Party]]: It's safer to remain as a whole rather than splitting up the army in hopes for quicker recon gathering.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: This, along with any other way of getting your enemy to underestimate you and your forces, is smiled upon by Sun Tzu.

{{quote| "The perfect plan approaches the Formless (or indecipherable.) If it is formless, the deepest spy cannot discern it, nor the wisest plan against it." }}

{{quote| "The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three whole months, and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will take three months more. The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one third of his men are slain while the town still remains untaken. Such are the disastrous effects of a siege."}}

* [[Swamps Are Evil]]: You should avoid swamps as much as possible and if you do end up in one, go through it as quickly as you can. Have your back turned on the trees so that no enemy can attack you from behind.

* [[To Win Without Fighting]]: Trope Namer.

{{quote| "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."}}