6 Weak And Strong Points 虚实

Assessing and Exploiting the Enemy’s Weakness

8 Variation In Tactics 九变

The Army and Her General’s Adaptability

5 Momentum 兵势

The Control and Use of Force

Main ideas:

• Control of forces…

Themes: Leadership And Soldiering

Purpose, Trust, Empathy, Self Awareness

11 The Nine Situations 九地

Terrains, Situations, Implications

Themes: Momentum

Creating Localised Superiority

• 故胜兵若以镒称铢，败兵若以铢称镒。
  胜者之战民也，若决积水于千仞之溪者，形也。 — 军形

9 The Army On The March 行军

Encampment, Engagement, Obeisance

13 The Use Of Spies 用间

The Value and Subtlety of Intelligence Gathering

12 Attack By Fire 火攻

The Use of Nature’s Destructive Power

Themes: Terrain

Leveraging the Environment

• 地者，高下、远近、险易、广狭、死生也。 — 始计