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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Method of Warfare -> 1 - Additional information
凡战法必本于政胜,则其民不争;不争则无以私意,以上为意。故王者之政,使民怯于邑斗,而勇于寇战。民习以力攻难,故轻死;见敌如溃溃而不止,则免。故兵法:“大战胜,逐北无过十里;小战胜,逐北无过五里。”兵起而程敌:政不若者,勿与战;食不若者,勿与久;敌众勿为客,敌尽不如,击之勿疑。故曰兵大律在谨。论敌察众,则胜负可先知也。