Nihao Mandarin

The Nine Situations

孙子曰：用兵之法，有散地，有轻地，有争地，有交地，有衢地，有重地，有泛地，有围地，有
死地。
Sun Tzu said: The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground: (1) Dispersive ground; (2) facile ground; (3) contentious ground; (4) open ground; (5) ground of intersecting highways; (6) serious ground; (7) difficult ground; (8) hemmed-in ground; (9) desperate ground. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Oct 02 2006, 09:58:01 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Terrain

孙子曰：地形有通者、有挂者、有支者、有隘者、有险者、有远者。
Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Sep 19 2006, 04:46:52 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

The Army on the March

孙子曰：凡处军相敌，绝山依谷，
Sun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neighborhood of valleys. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Sep 15 2006, 03:49:02 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Top 10 Chinese Lucky Symbols

Chinese characters usually have one or more meanings and some of them are particularly loved by Chinese people. Here is the top ten list of the lucky ones. Please note Pinyin is also used here, which is the Chinese spelling system for the characters. For example, fu is the pinyin for good luck in Chinese. But fu is only the phonic part of the character and it also represents other Chinese characters that sound the same.

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Variation in Tactics

孙子曰：凡用兵之法，将受命于君，合军聚合。
Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his army and concentrates his forces ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Sep 11 2006, 08:51:35 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Maneuvering

孙子曰：凡用兵之法，将受命于君，
Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Sep 07 2006, 07:57:42 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Weak Points and Strong

孙子曰：凡先处战地而待敌者佚，后处战地而趋战者劳。
Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Sep 04 2006, 11:41:09 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Energy

孙子曰：凡治众如治寡，分数是也；
Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Aug 31 2006, 04:16:34 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Tactical Dispositions

孙子曰：昔之善战者，先为不可胜，以待敌之可胜。
Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Aug 28 2006, 05:22:20 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Attack by Stratagem

孙子曰：夫用兵之法，全国为上，破国次之；全军为上，破军次之；全旅为上，破旅次之；全卒
为上，破卒次之；全伍为上，破伍次之。
Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Aug 25 2006, 04:56:03 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Waging War

孙子曰：凡用兵之法，驰车千驷，革车千乘，带甲十万，千里馈粮。则内外之费，宾客之用，胶
漆之材，车甲之奉，日费千金，然后十万之师举矣。
Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armor, will reach the total of a thousand ounces of silver per day. Such is the cost of raising an army of 100,000 men. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Aug 24 2006, 12:15:02 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Laying Plans

孙子曰：兵者，国之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。
Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. ... Posted by leoshen2008@gmail.com Aug 21 2006, 08:40:02 PM AST Permalink Comments [0]

Welcome to leo's blog

我叫里奥。我在中国广州的中山大学读书。
Wǒ Jiào Lǐ ào 。 Wǒ Zài Zhōng Guó Guǎng Zhōu De Zhōng Shān Dà Xué Dú Shū 。
My name is Leo(里奥). I study in SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY in Guangzhou China.

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