Sunzi · The Art of War

Energy: organization and combinations

Explores organizing many people, combining ordinary and unexpected methods and arranging conditions rather than relying only on individual effort.

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孫子曰:凡治衆如治寡,分數是也;鬥衆如鬥寡,形名是也;三軍之衆,可使必受敵而無敗者,奇正是也;兵之所加,如以碫投卵者,虛實是也。
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