Art of War

I am time deprived right now due to college applications. I do not have much time to play video games, my main source of entertainment, which is stressing me out. Enough with the wining, now to my main topic of this blog.
The other day I was surfing the internet and came across a book that caught my attention. I heard many good things about this book but never got around to reading it. Reading the book review on Amazon, I was wanting to read the book (this happens maybe once in 20 books) and immediately bought it. It has arrived about a week ago, but I do not have the time to read it right now. You guys might be wondering, what is this amazing book that has caught attention of a book loather like Hayato? The book is Art of War written by the ancient Chinese military tactician Sun Tzu.

The translation that I bought, regarded as the best one out there

There are multiple aspects of the book that caught my attention. I have been interested in military tactics since when I was a boy and this literature is considered a classic in the field. Another reason is that my favorite general, Takeda Shingen, has been inspired by this book and adapted a slogan from it which represents his army and himself as a whole. This slogan has inspired me and has shaped who I am. This slogan served militaristic purposes but in the modern era it has a different connotation: Act accordingly to the given situation.

            Fast like the wind,

Silent like a forest,

Intrusive like the fire,

Immobile like a mountain.