Sun Pin: Military Methods

Capture of P'ang Chuan; audience with King Wei; the questions of King Wei; Ch'en Chi enquires about fortifications; selecting the troops; lunar warfare; eight formations; treasures of terrain; preparation of strategic power; nature of the army; implementing selection; killing officers; expanding Ch'i; strengthening the army; ten deployments; ten questions; regulating mailed troops; distinction between guest and host; those who excel; five names, five respects; the army's losses; the General's righteousness; the General's virtue; the General's defeats; the General's losses; male and female cities; five criteria, nine seizings; the dense and diffuse; unorthodox and orthodox; five teachings; Sun Pin on cavalry; attacking the heart.