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<v Speaker 1>Chapter five of the Art of War. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>The Art of War by Swinzer, Chapter five Energy One.

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<v Speaker 1>Swinzer said, the control of a large force is the

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<v Speaker 1>same principle as the control of a few men. It

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<v Speaker 1>is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. Two.

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<v Speaker 1>Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise

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<v Speaker 1>different from fighting with a small one. It is merely

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<v Speaker 1>a question of instituting signs and signals. Three to ensure

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<v Speaker 1>that your whole host may withstand the brunt of the

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<v Speaker 1>enemy's attack and remain unshaken. This is effected by maneuvers

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<v Speaker 1>direct and indirect. Four. That the impact of your army

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<v Speaker 1>may be like a grindstone dashed against an egg. This

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<v Speaker 1>is effected by the signs of weak points and strong Five.

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<v Speaker 1>In all fighting, the direct method may be used for

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<v Speaker 1>joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order

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<v Speaker 1>to secure victory. Six. Indirect tactics efficiently applied are inexhaustible,

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<v Speaker 1>as heaven and earth, unending, as the flow of rivers

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<v Speaker 1>and streams. Like the sun and moon, they end, but

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<v Speaker 1>to begin anew. Like the four seasons, they pass away

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<v Speaker 1>to return once more. Seven there are not more than

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<v Speaker 1>five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give

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<v Speaker 1>rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. Eight

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<v Speaker 1>there are not more than five primary colors blue, yellow, red, white,

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<v Speaker 1>and black, Yet in combination they produce more hues than

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<v Speaker 1>can ever be seen. Nine there are not more than

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<v Speaker 1>five cardinal tastes sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter, Yet combinations

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<v Speaker 1>of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted. Ten.

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<v Speaker 1>In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack,

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<v Speaker 1>the direct and the indirect. Yet these two, in combination

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<v Speaker 1>give rise to an endless series of maneuvers. Eleven. The

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<v Speaker 1>direct and the indirect lead on to each other in turn.

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<v Speaker 1>It is like moving in a circle. You never come

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<v Speaker 1>to an end. Who can exhaust the possibilities of the combination.

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<v Speaker 1>Twelve The onset of troops is like the rush of

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<v Speaker 1>a torrent, which will even row stones along in its course.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteen The quality of decision is like the well timed

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<v Speaker 1>swoop of a falcon, which enables it to strike and

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<v Speaker 1>destroy its victim. Fourteen. Therefore the good fighter will be

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<v Speaker 1>terrible in his onset and prompt in his decision. Fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow,

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<v Speaker 1>decision to the releasing of a trigger. Sixteen. Amid the

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<v Speaker 1>turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet no real disorder at all. Amid confusion and chaos,

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<v Speaker 1>your array may be without head or tail, yet it

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<v Speaker 1>will be proof against defeat. Seventeen. Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline.

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<v Speaker 1>Simulated fear postulates courage. Simulated weakness postulates strength. Eighteen. Hiding

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<v Speaker 1>order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question

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<v Speaker 1>of subdivision. Concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes

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<v Speaker 1>a fund of latent energy. Masking strength with weakness is

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<v Speaker 1>to be effected by tactical dispositions. Nineteen. Thus, one who

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<v Speaker 1>is skillful at keeping the enemy on the move maintains

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<v Speaker 1>deceitful appearances according to which the enemy will act. He

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifices something that the enemy mays snatch at it. Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>with a body of picked men, he lies in wait

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<v Speaker 1>for him. Twenty one. The clever combatant looks to the

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<v Speaker 1>effect of combined energy and does not require too much

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<v Speaker 1>from individuals, hence his ability to pick out the bright

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<v Speaker 1>men and utilize combined energy. Twenty two. When he utilizes

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<v Speaker 1>combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like

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<v Speaker 1>unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature

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<v Speaker 1>of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground,

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<v Speaker 1>and to move when on a slope, if four cornered,

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<v Speaker 1>to come to a standstill, but if round shaped, to

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<v Speaker 1>go rolling down twenty three. Thus the energy developed by

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<v Speaker 1>good fighting men is as the momentum of a roundstone

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<v Speaker 1>rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height. So

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<v Speaker 1>much on the subject of energy. End of Chapter five