Aim for Completeness-Sun Tzu

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Completeness - Sun Tzu

English:In war, to capture the whole nation intact is the best strategy; to ruin or shatter the nation is a weaker option. To capture the whole division intact is the best strategy; to destroy it is a weaker option. To capture the whole battalion intact is the best strategy; to destroy it is a weaker option. To capture the whole company intact is the best strategy; to destroy it is a weaker option. To capture the whole section intact is the best strategy; to destroy it is a weaker option.

Modern: 孙子说：凡用兵打战之法，使敌国完整降服是上策，攻破它是次一等；使全敌军降伏为上策，击溃它是次一等；使敌军全旅降伏为上策，击溃它是次一等;使敌军全卒降伏为上策，击溃它是次一等;使敌军全伍降伏为上策，击溃它是次一等;

Original: 孙子曰: 凡用兵之法，全国为上，破国次之; 全军为上，破军次之；全旅为上，破旅次之；全卒为上，破卒次之；全伍为上，破伍次之；

Hanyu Pinyin: Sūn Zǐ yuē: fán yòng bīng zhī fǎ, quán guó wéi shàng, pò guó cì zhī; quán jūn wéi shàng, pò jūn cì zhī; quán lǚ wéi shàng, pò lǚ cì zhī; quán zú wéi shàng, pò zú cì zhī; quán wǔ wéi shàng, pò wǔ cì zhī.

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From:Sun Tzu Art of War Chapter 3