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VI Weak Points and Strong Impression and Reality Vacuity and Compound Weak Points and Strengths(Chinese:) Weak and Strong Explains how an army's opportunities come from the openings in the environment triggered by the relative weakness of the enemy and how to react to changes in the fluid battleground over a given location.

VIII Variation of Methods The 9 Variations 9 Changes Variations and Adaptability(Chinese:) Nine Contingencies Focuses on the requirement for flexibility in an army's reactions. It discusses how to react to shifting situations successfully. Look At This Piece on the March Moving The Force Navigating the Army Movement and Advancement of Soldiers(Chinese:) Fielding the Army Explains the various situations in which an army discovers itself as it moves through brand-new opponent areas, and how to react to these situations.
X Classification of Surface Situational Positioning Configurations of Surface Conformations of the Lands Looks at the three basic locations of resistance (distance, threats and barriers) and the six types of ground positions that emerge from them. Each of these 6 field positions provides specific benefits and drawbacks. XI The Nine Scenarios The 9 Circumstances 9 Terrains The Nine Battlegrounds(Chinese:) Nine Kinds of Ground Describes the 9 typical circumstances (or phases) in a project, from scattering to fatal, and the specific focus that a leader will need in order to successfully browse them.

This section takes a look at the five targets for attack, the five types of ecological attack and the suitable actions to such attacks. XIII Usage of Spies Making Use Of Intelligence Employing Spies Intelligence and Espionage(Chinese:) Using Spies Concentrate on the importance of developing great info sources, and specifies the 5 types of intelligence sources and how to best handle each of them.

Throughout the Sengoku period (c. 14671568), the Japanese Takeda Shingen (15211573) is said to have ended up being almost invincible in all fights without depending on guns, since he studied The Art of War. The book even provided him the motivation for his well-known fight standard "Frinkazan" (Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain), meaning quickly as the wind, silent as a forest, relentless as fire and immovable as a mountain.