"The method of fighting ... ten measures, five attacks, double points. The enemy can fight, few can escape, and cannot be avoided. " What do you mean?

If I am ten times the enemy, I will panic in, five times the enemy, I will attack, twice the enemy, I will try my best to crush the enemy, and if it is evenly matched, I will try my best to disperse and crush them. If you are weaker than the enemy, you will avoid fighting. Therefore, if the weak party stubbornly persists, it will become a prisoner of the powerful enemy.

From Sun Tzu's Art of War: a plan and attack by Sun Wu, a strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Selected passages:

Therefore, the method of using troops is to encircle ten, attack five and divide into two. The enemy can fight, and if there are few, they will flee and cannot be avoided. Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is also a prisoner of a big enemy.

Kuninosuke is also a master. Assist Zhou, then the country will be strong; Auxiliary gap, the country will be weak.

Translation:

According to the law of using troops, those who are ten times as strong as the enemy are surrounded and annihilated; If the strength is five times that of the enemy, attack the enemy violently; If the strength is twice that of the enemy, divide and annihilate the enemy; If there is a force equivalent to the enemy, you can confront it; If you have fewer troops than the enemy, you will get rid of the enemy; If the enemy is strong, you will avoid fighting with the enemy. If small troops fight hard, they will be captured by powerful opponents.

The general is the monarch's assistant. With careful assistance, the country will be strong; If aid is omitted, the country will inevitably weaken.

Extended data:

Sun Wu (about 545 BC-about 470 BC), whose real name was Changqing, was born in Le 'an (now northern Shandong Province) in the State of Qi at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period? . China, a famous strategist and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period, was honored as a soldier sage or grandson (Sun Wuzi), also known as "the most holy strategist", and was known as "the teacher of a hundred schools of thought" and "the originator of eastern military science". ?

Sun Wu was active from the end of 6th century BC to the beginning of 5th century BC, from Qi State to Wu State, and was recommended by the senior minister of Wu State (Wu Zixu). He presented thirteen articles of Sun Tzu's Art of War to He Lv, the king of Wu, and was reused as a general. He once led Wu Jun to defeat the Chu army, occupied the capital of Chu, and almost destroyed Chu.

His masterpiece, The Art of War, contains thirteen articles, which are highly praised by later military strategists. It is known as the "sacred book of military science" and ranks first among the seven military classics. Sun Tzu's Art of War occupies an extremely important position in the history of military affairs, military art and philosophy in China and even in the world, and is widely used in politics, economy, military affairs, culture, philosophy and other fields. This book has been translated into English, French, German and Japanese, making it the most famous model of military science in the world.

References:

Sun Wu-Baidu Encyclopedia