In general, fire is used to throw enemies into confusion so that you can attack them.

- Du Mu

If the enemy is the invading party, we can cut his line of communications and occupy the roads by which he will have to return; if we are the invader…

- Du Mu

If you wish to feign confusion in order to lure the enemy on, you must first have perfect discipline; if you wish to display timidity in order to ent…

- Du Mu

Roll rocks down a ten-thousand-foot mountain, and they cannot be stopped - this is because of the mountain, not the rocks. Get people to fight with t…

- Du Mu

Too much emotion is like none at all.

- Du Mu

Humaneness and justice are the means by which to govern properly. When government is carried out properly, people feel close to the leadership and th…

- Du Mu

If I wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, I must not fix my mind on that alone, but allow for the possibility of the enemy also doing some harm…

- Du Mu