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My ideas are heavily based on Chow Hou Wee’s Book on Sun Tze War and Management. Personally I have adopted some of the methods and made quite good profits for my clients, some as much as 52% within a year during bumper year. Of course not everyone earns that amount and we have to be […]

01《孫子兵法》計篇第一　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　計篇
孫子曰：兵者，國之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。
故經之以五，校之以計，而索其情：一曰道，二曰天，三曰地，四曰將，五曰法。道者，令民于上同意者也，可與之死，可與之生，民不詭也。天者，陰陽、寒暑、時制也。地者，高下、遠近、險易、廣狹、死生也。將者，智、信、仁、勇、嚴也。法者，曲制、官道、主用也。凡此五者，將莫不聞，知之者勝，不知之者不勝。故校之以計，而索其情。曰：主孰有道？將孰有能？天地孰得？法令孰行？兵眾孰強？士卒孰練？賞罰孰明？吾以此知勝負矣。
將聽吾計，用之必勝，留之﹔將不聽吾計，用之必敗，去之。
計利以聽，乃為之勢，以佐其外。勢者，因利而制權也。
兵者，詭道也。故能而示之不能，用而示之不用，近而示之遠，遠而示之近。利而誘之，亂而取之，實而備之，強而避之，怒而撓之，卑而驕之，佚而勞之，親而離之，攻其不備，出其不意。此兵家之勝，不可先傳也。
夫未戰而廟算勝者，得算多也﹔未戰而廟算不勝者，得算少也。多算勝，少算不勝，而況無算乎！吾以此觀之，勝負見矣。
I. LAYING PLANS
1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
2. 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.
3. The art of […]

I was at the IFPAS conference in 2007 and one of the lecturer spoke on the topic of “Zhu Dong” (Proactiveness) and I thought since I like it I must as well be proactive and share some strategems I read from the favourite author Sun Tze.
The only surviving source on the life of Sun Zi […]