I share the same clothing and food as the lowest-ranking soldier.
以治為勝、不以多為勝。
Military Strategists
Wu Qi
A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military theorist who authored 'The Wuzi' — one of the Seven Military Classics. Wu Qi combined Sun Tzu's strategic theory with hands-on reform of armies and states, making him the first great 'soldier-administrator' who proved that military excellence requires institutional transformation, not just battlefield genius.
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攻撃を一点に集約せよ、無駄な事はするな。
-- Oda Nobunaga
I came as dew, I vanish as dew — all that I was, all I achieved at Naniwa, is a dream within a dream.
-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
People are the castle, people are the walls, people are the moat. Compassion makes allies; cruelty makes enemies.
-- Takeda Shingen
The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.
-- Tōgō Heihachirō
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-- Sun Tzu
The die is cast.
-- Julius Caesar