《孫子兵法》 作戰篇

孫子曰：　　凡用兵之法，馳車千駟，革車千乘，帶甲十萬，千里饋糧。則內外之費，賓客之用，膠漆之材，車甲之奉，日費千金，然後十萬之師舉矣。

Mingde said: In the operations of chasing a girl, where there are in the field a thousand guys with Ferrari, as many motorcycle, and a hundred thousand rich guys, with money to spend on clubbing etc. The expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of friends, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on transport and gifts, will reach the total of $1,000 per day. Such is the cost of raising an army of 100,000 men.

(How to modify this sentence... Die...)

其用戰也，勝久則鈍兵挫銳，攻城則力屈，久暴師則國用不足。
When you engage in chasing, if victory is long in coming, then your fund will exhausted and the maiden will turn off. If you lay siege and dont advance, you will exhaust your strength.


夫鈍兵挫銳，屈力殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者不能善其後矣。
When your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other suitors may spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue. Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in winning the girl's heart, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.

故兵聞拙速，未睹巧之久也。夫兵久而國利者，未之有也。故不盡知用兵之害者，則不能盡知用兵之利也。

There is no instance of a couple having benefited from prolonged courtship. Its only in prolong courtship that the couple will understand each other better. The good guy does not step on a second boat and he will quarrel with his girlfriend unwittingly.

善用兵者，役不再籍，糧不三載，取用於國，因糧於敵，故軍食可足也。

Bring sufficient love with you from home, and pay dutch if necessary. Thus you will be able to save for the wedding. (Girls normally dont have much saving)


國之貧於師者遠輸，遠輸則百姓貧；近師者貴賣，貴賣則百姓財竭，財竭則急於丘役。

Not able to plan for the relationship maintenance will cause breakups. Getting parents to contribute to maintain a relationship causes the couple to be impoverished. One must be able to plan for the future in order for a relationship to work well.

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力屈中原、內虛於家，百姓之費，十去其七；
In the course of courtship, three-tenths of His income will be dissipated for his own expenses; while buying of gifts, movies, ktv and having other fun things with girlfriend should account to four-tenths of its total revenue.

公家之費，破軍罷馬，甲胄矢弓，戟盾矛櫓，丘牛大車，十去其六。故智將務食於敵，食敵一鐘，當吾二十鐘；□?桿一石，當吾二十石。故殺敵者，怒也；取敵之利者，貨也。車戰得車十乘以上，賞其先得者而更其旌旗。車雜而乘之，卒善而養之，是謂勝敵而益強。
　
A wise guy, will put some of his money in forms of investment, saving, trust, etc. This will help him accumulate some funds for wedding.

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故兵貴勝，不貴久。

In courtship, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns

故知兵之將，民之司命。國家安危之主也。
As such, who She choose is very important