January 12/13
So if you do not know the plans of your competitors, you cannot make informed alliances.
January 14
If you are inconsistent in your feelings, you will lose dignity and trust.
January 15
Therefore measure in terms of five things, use these assessments to make comparison, and thus find out what the conditions are. The five things are the way, the weather, the terrain, the leadership, and the discipline.
January 16
Best of all is when your troops are held in such awe that everyone comes to surrender. This is preferable to winning by trickery, violence, and slaughter.