Go Rin No Sho: A Book Of Five Rings Rats Head Oxs Neck
Rat's head and ox's neck means that, when we are fighting with the enemy and both he and we have
become occupied with small points in an entangled spirit, we must always think of the Way of strategy as
being both a rat's head and an ox's neck. Whenever we have become preoccupied with small detail, we must
suddenly change into a large spirit, interchanging large with small.
This is one of the essences of strategy. It is necessary that the warrior think in this spirit in everyday life. You
must not depart from this spirit in large−scale strategy nor in single combat