Point of Order.
Sun Tzu would have watched someone else attack and would not have wasted effort and resources fighting someone vulnerable when some rando was already lined up to do so.

Master Sun would, however, have used the example of someone getting kicked in the grand kids while they asked about what the rules are (during a battle already in progress) as a teaching anecdote.

Remember, if you have to put forth effort or put yourself at risk, you have already lost and are now simply attempting to mitigate the damage from that failure.

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