◆将を射んとせば、先ず馬を射よ Shou wo intoseba, mazu uma wo iyo.
- 解釈：敵の将を射止めようとするならば、まずその馬を射止めるのが早道である。目的の物を得ようとしたら、その周囲から攻めるのが良策だということ。
- Literal：If you think that he will shoot at a general, shoot at the horse first.
- Interpretation：When it is going to obtain the target thing, it is a good plan which is attacked from the circumference. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
- 類義：人を射んとせば、先ず馬を射よ。