第六十九章    慎行包容

用兵有言：吾不敢为主而为客，不敢进寸而退尺。是谓行无行，攘无臂，执无兵, 扔无敌。 祸莫大于轻敌，轻敌几丧吾宝。 故抗兵相若，哀者胜矣。

Cautious Move

The strategists say, "Do not be the aggressor but the defender. Donot advance an inch, but retreat a foot instead."

This is movement without moving, stretching the arm without showing it,confronting enemies with the idea there is no enemy, holding in the hand noweapons.

This is called marching without any trace ,

Shouting loud without troops,

Well armed without sight ofweapens,

Capturing without resistence.

Nodisaster is greater than underestimating the enemy.

To underestimate the enemy might entail the loss of my treasures. When two great forces oppose eachother,

the victory will go

to the one that knows how to yield.

[译文]

兵家有这样的说法：战争的胜负不在于先发制人，而在于反客为主，以退为进。这是讲战争要做到慎谋于未战之前, 行无踪迹，喊声震天而不见人影，武装到牙却不露痕迹，进攻则无敌不克。战争中没有比轻敌更大的祸患了，轻敌几乎完全丧失我的法宝。