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[Ts'au Kung calls this "the use of natural or inherent power."]

23. Thus the energy developed by good fighting men is as the

momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of

feet in height. So much on the subject of energy.

[The chief lesson of this chapter, in Tu Mu's opinion, is the

paramount importance in war of rapid evolutions and sudden

rushes. "Great results," he adds, "can thus be achieved with

small forces."]

[1] "Forty-one Years in India," chapter 46.

Chapter VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG