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Friday, January 28, 2005

Sun Tzu Revisit

Most recently, I re-read Sun Tzu's Art of War just for fun. Even though I have read it many times and think I know it insideout, still, by opening the book one more time, I could not stop new thoughts pouring out. It's like finally you can settle those emotional upheavals through talking to an Oracle. Isn't that powerful!

I find that following from his book is particularly striking and insightful:

"Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger. Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat." - Sun Tzu