| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1933 |
| AUTHOR: | Mao Zedong (1893–1976) |
| QUOTATION: | The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | MAO ZEDONG, letter, January 5, 1930.—Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse-Tung, p. 72 (1966). Mao was quoting from a letter from the Front Committee to the Central Committee, on guerrilla tactics. |
| SUBJECTS: | War |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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