该句使用因果结构说明战略与胜利之间的关系。
An unnamed army fails in battle.
Integrity leads to prosperity, while greed leads to ruin.
Serving as generals and ministers makes one a pillar of the state.
Excessive joy increases the yang, while excessive sorrow harms the yin.
Triple the greed, quintuple the integrity.
Strategy is the foundation of warfare; therefore, he who calculates more wins.
Act appropriately according to the circumstances.
Let the writing be straightforward and the facts accurate, neither falsely praising nor hiding faults.
The skill of tenfold growth begins like a sprout.
In combat, if one does not strike the vital point or support the back, full victory cannot be achieved.
If the teachings of fathers and brothers are not prioritized, the conduct of descendants will be lax.
Shun had no place to stand, yet he ruled the world.
Why bend to custom and seek wealth through compromise?
In peace, do not forget danger; in prosperity, always consider decline.
Like flies craving meat juice who forget they might drown, people chase worldly interests and fall into calamity.
When education is not established, the people will not be righteous.
As precarious as eggs stacked upon each other; as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Many small joys can move a mountain; many mosquitoes can create thunder.
Rewards and punishments must be fair and clear, giving with restraint, remembering merits, and overlooking minor faults.
A tiny error leads to a massive discrepancy.
兵出无名，事故不成。
廉者昌，贪者亡。
位历将相，国家之柱石臣也。
乐太盛则阳益，哀太甚则阴损。
贪贾三之，廉贾五之。
兵以计为本，故多算胜少算。
因时施宜。
其文直，其事核，不虚美，不隐恶。
十围之术，始生如蘖。
与人斗，不扼其亢，拊其背，未能全胜也。
父兄之教不先，则子弟之率不谨。
舜无立锥之地以有天下。
何可屈曲从俗，苟求富贵。
安不忘危，盛必虑衰。
青蝇嗜肉汁而忘溺死，众人贪世利而陷罪祸。
凡教化之不立，而万民不正也。
危于累卵，难于上天。
众煦漂山，聚蚊成雷。
赏罚信明，施与有节，记人之功，忽于小过。
失之毫厘，谬以千里。