12- lose battles but win the wars-

Question 1

inititive

Answer 1

take the initiative in the warfare to create your own circumstances - to calibrate your strikes to the circumstances

Question 2

focus on your ultimate goal not immediate results

Answer 2

x

Question 3

animals vs human

Answer 3

animal and rational are always in fight in human- short vision vs long protagonist attitude

Question 4

3 steps of grand strategy

Answer 4

1-think with a detailed purposeful goal be bold but realistic-life task
2-widen your perspective to see things the way they are- look thru your enmities eyes
everyone is looking after self interest and persue them
3- take indirect route- do no react set the circumstances

Question 5

east vs west thinking

Answer 5

war is the continuation of politics
east vs west value and thinking: comprehensive top down vs detailed bottom up

Question 6

when dark interia prevails obscurity and inactivity takes over but when lucidity takes over one sees untainted world

Answer 6

x

Question 7

good cunduct/passion/dark inertia

Answer 7

the fruit of a good conduct is pure - knowledge - go upward
the fruit of passion is suffering - greed - go in between
the fruit of dark inertia is ignorance - delusion - go downward