Sun Tzu's Methods

Secrets of Sun Tzu

Competitive Arenas: 

Sun Tzu means very specific and important things when he says that "we must know ourselves and our enemies." The problem is that most of us lack a deep understanding of the concepts of which Sun Tzu speaks. This is why our victories are usually far from painless.

The Specific Use of Terminology

Competitive Arenas: 

“Know the enemy and know yourself.
Your victory will be painless."

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War 10:5.15-16

The two lines above appear rather late in Sun Tzu's work, the tenth chapter out of thirteen. At this point in the book, every term in these lines has a very specific definition. To understand these lines, you must first be familiar with the concepts "to know," "enemy," "victory," and "pain."

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