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1. 18. All warfare is based on deception.
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   “11. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people’s substance to be drained away.

   12. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.

   13,14. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.

   15. Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy’s provisions is equivalent to twenty of one’s own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one’s own store. ”

   “6. There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. ”
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   “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. ”

   Sun Tzu , The Art of War

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