Terrain 2, the six defeats
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The last chapter was about reading the ground underfoot. This one is about an army collapsing on its own, whatever the ground.
Sun Tzu said a losing army takes six shapes. And he named their cause without hedging.
凡此六者，非天之災，將之過也
fan ci liu zhe, fei tian zhi zai, jiang zhi guo ye
These six are not a disaster sent by heaven. They are the commander’s fault. (The Art of War, Terrain, translated directly)
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