《管子·霸言》
必须首先定好规划，占据有利地形，权衡有利的结局，密切盟国的关系，然后再待机而动，才是王者的策略。
必先定谋虑，便地形，利权称，亲与国，视时而动，王者之术也。
One must first make plans, choose favourable terrain, weigh up the advantages, draw close to neighbouring states, and then, biding one's time and waiting for the right moment, one can act like a king.