Direct & Indirect Forces-Sun Tzu
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Direct & Indirect Forces - Sun Tzu
English: In battle, use the direct forces to match the enemy, and use the indirect forces to win the enemy. Thus, the person who is adept at using indirect forces, can use it in such infinite ways like the ever-changing forces and elements of nature and the ceaseless flow of water in rivers and streams. Direct and indirect forces are like the end and the beginning and also like the ever changing role of the sun and moon. They (direct and indirect forces) perish and resurrect like the changes of the four seasons. There are only five basic notes but their combinations and permutation can create many musical scores that one is not possible to hear them all. There are only five basic colors, but their mixes and matches produce so many visuals that one is not possible to view them all. There are only five basic flavors, but their mixtures and blends produce so many tastes that one is not possible to taste them all. In war, there are only the direct and indirect forces. However the combinations and changes between the two are infinite. Their interactions and combinations are like two never-ending, interlocking rings where possibilities of its beginning and endings cannot be determined.
Modern: 大凡作战，是以“正”兵求合，而以“奇”兵求胜。所以善于出奇制胜者，其战法变化如天地运行变化无穷，像江河那样奔流不歇。终而复始，犹如日月的运行；去而又来，好似四季的更迭。乐音不过五个音节，可是五个音节的变化，却听不胜听。颜色不过五种，可是五色的变化，却看不胜看。滋味不过五种，可是五味的变化，却尝不胜尝。作战不过“奇”和“正”，可是“奇”“正”相互的变化，就像圆环旋转那样，无始无终，能穷尽吗？
Original: 凡战者，以正合，以奇胜。故善出奇者，无穷如天地，不竭如江河。终而复始，日月是也。死而复生，四时是也。声不过五，五声之变，不可胜听也。色不过五，五色之变，不可胜观也。味不过五，五味之变，不可胜尝也。战势不过奇正，奇正之变，不可胜穷之也。奇正相生，如环之无端，孰能穷之？
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From: Sun Tzu Art of War Chapter 5