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> [When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/when-conventional-tactics-are-altered-unexpectedly-according-to-the/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

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## More by Sun Bin

> [Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/greater-powers-and-resources-do-not-guarantee-tactical-superiority/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

> [When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/when-conventional-tactics-are-altered-unexpectedly-according-to-the/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

> [Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/deliberate-tactical-errors-and-minor-losses-are-the-means-by-which-to/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

> [For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/for-one-who-has-really-mastered-the-way-of-warfare-his-enemy-can-do/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

> [On both difficult and easy terrain, you must know the 'tenable' and 'fatal' ground. Occupy tenable ground and attack on fatal ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-bin/on-both-difficult-and-easy-terrain-you-must-know-the-tenable-and/)

[Sun Bin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-bin/)

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