Quotation from: The Art of War

Written by: Sunzi (6th cent. B.C.)


39. He burns his boats and breaks his cooking-pots; like a
shepherd driving a flock of sheep, he drives his men this way and
that, and nothing knows whither he is going.


[Tu Mu says: "The army is only cognizant of orders to
advance or retreat; it is ignorant of the ulterior ends of
attacking and conquering."]


40. To muster his host and bring it into danger:--this may
be termed the business of the general.

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