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Whether to concentrate or to divide your troops, must be decided by circumstances.
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Let your rapidity be that of the wind,
your compactness that of the forest.
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In raiding and plundering be like fire,
in immovability like a mountain.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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When you plunder a countryside, let the spoil be divided amongst your men;
when you capture new territory, cut it up into allotments for the benefit of the soldiery.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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He will conquer who has learnt the artifice of deviation.
Such is the art of maneuvering.