Bīng wú cháng shì; shuǐ wú cháng xíng.

兵無常勢, 水無常形。

Lit Troops have no fixed [battlefield] strategy [just as] water has no constant shape [but adapts itself to whatever container it is in].

Fig One should seek to find whatever strategy or method is best suited to resolving each individual problem.

Note [Cf. Sūnzǐ's Bīngfǎ (The Art of War): Xū Shí Piān.]

Topics Art of War Bīngfǎ Sūnzǐ Xū_Shí_Piān