Chapter 1: Appraisals

Appraisals
Sun Tzu said
The military is a great matter
It is the ground of death
Therefore base it in the five
The first is Tao
Tao is causing the common people
Heaven is yin and yang
Earth is high and low
The general is wisdom
Method is ordering divisions
As for these five
Thus compare by means of the appraisals
The general heeds my appraisals
Having heard the calculations
The military is a Tao of deception
And so when he seeks advantage
Now, in the rod counting

Chapter 2: Doing Battle

Doing Battle
Sunzi said
In sum, the method
With one thousand fast chariots
Then expenses
When one employs battle
Now if one blunts the military
And so in the military
And so . . . not thoroughly know
One skilled at employing
A state's impoverishment
When soldiers are near
Diminished strength
Of the nation's resources
And so the wise general
And so killing the enemy
And so in chariot battles
And so the military values victory
And so the general who knows

Chapter 3: Strategy of Attack

Strategy of Attack
Sunzi said
Therefore, one hundred victories
And so the superior military
The method of attacking walled cities
And so one skilled
And so the method
Now the general
And so the sovereign
And so knowing victory
And so in the military

Chapter 4: Form

Form
Sunzi said
Thus the skilled
Invincibility is defense
Of old, those skilled at defense
In seeing victory
So-called skill
And so one's victories
And so one who is skilled
As for method
A victorious military

Chapter 5: Shi

Shi
Sunzi said
Ordering the many
In sum, when in battle
Musical pitches
The rush of water
Pwun-pwun. Hwun-hwun
Chaos is born from order
And so one skilled at battle

Chapter 6: The Solid and Empty

The Solid and the Empty
Sunzi said
One who takes position first
How one can make the enemy
To go a thousand li
Subtle! Subtle!
To advance
And so the skilled general
The ground on which
Knowing the battle day
And so prick them
The ultimate in giving form
Now the form of the military
Of the Five Phases

Chapter 7: The Army Contending

The Army Contending
A contending army
Therefore not knowing
And so swift
When plundering
Therefore the governance
And so the qi
And so the method

Chapter 8: The Nine Transformations

The Nine Transformations
Sun Tzu said
In spread-out ground
Therefore the plans
And so the method

Chapter 9: Moving the Army

Moving the Army
Sunzi said
In sum, the army likes
Many trees move
They lean on their weapons
In the military

Chapter 10: Forms of the Earth

Forms of the Earth
Sunzi said
And so in the military
Now forms of the earth
And so he advances
Knowing my troops

Chapter 11: The Nine Grounds

The Nine Grounds
Sun Tzu said
The feudal lords battle
In ancient times
In sum, the dao
And so one skilled
And so one skilled
To leave the state
And so the nature
Without method's rewards
Therefore, on the day

Chapter 12: Attack by Fire

Attack by Fire
Sunzi said
If fire is set inside
And so one who uses fire
Thus it is said
Thus the enlightened sovereign

Chapter 13: Employing Spies

Employing Spies
Sunzi said
And so there are five
The living spy
And so in the kinship
When the affairs
I must seek out
When Yin arose