Placing an inferior in locality of death, we lift him above itself. Now from us nothing depends! All depends only on him. And, if he will not manage with a task, then that and that he understands perfectly will happen. Now he is fully loaded with responsibility. But must be measure. Locality of death is not torture a copper pole. A chance must be.

Be not afraid to place the soldiers in locality of death. The real army is so formed only.

Arrow, not having force.

An arrow, not having force, will not break through thin silk even. An arrow is very dangerous. But if to step back sufficiently distant, then flight of arrow and a palm it is possible to stop with. And scratches will not appear. All business is in distance. It is important to step back sufficiently distant. A war-lord defends oneself distance. He is not in the first rows and arrows do not fly to him. If he is too brave, him will put to death. Courages of warrior, being not afraid of death and readiness to it, not enough. For a war-lord it is required to avoid the personal danger and lead away an army from a danger. Higher valour of soldier — to cover in a fight by the body of war-lord. A war-lord defends oneself distance and bodies of the soldiers and officers.

A leader guards itself from the shots of opponent. His inferiors accept, in necessary cases, responsibility and guilt on itself. A leader defends oneself distance. In dangerous cases he absents or falls ill. In risky cases documents for him sign inferiors. Valour of inferior — to take responsibility from a leader.

But a leader does not carry the guilt or responsibility on an inferior. It is an act of trust an inferior. And if an inferior does not have a desire to protect a leader, it is amoral to urge him to it. Amorally not in sense of moral, but in sense of moral unpreparedness, prematurity of such use of inferior, which early or late will result in a skunk.

A leader is on the defensive time. A blow weakens, if time of his causing is put aside and delays. This time can be used for initiative motions by virtue of which an opponent is forced to change the picture of the world and lose time on .

He comes, I leave. He leaves, I come. He does not know how he must be. And exhausted. Or leaves quite, or does errors.

Leave and return.

Being in a calamity, think about a benefit.

Being in a calamity, think about a benefit. Being in a benefit, think about a calamity. To turn a calamity in a benefit — here difficulty on war.

Escaping from a superior opponent and taken across across the river, not fastened on other bank, but step back farther. Otherwise an enemy will not decide to begin to be taken across after you, and you will not be able to raid his army, turning around back, when parts of him will be eaten away water. To turn failing in dignity, absence of resource in a resource, weakness in force, herein art of leader.