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    In sum, the method

    Critical Text

    fan

    yong

    bing

    zhi

    fa

    sum

    use

    military

    's

    method

    Yinqueshan Text

    凡 用 兵 之 法

    Shiyijia zhu Text

    凡 用 兵 之 法

    Translation

      In sum, the method of employing the military.

    Annotations

      The phrase "yongbing zhi fa" occurs throughout the text, and "fan yongbing zhi fa" is also the opening statement of chapters 3, 7 and 8. We might say that it is in some sense the fundamental question of the Sunzi.

      "Fan"means "all" or "in all, in general." In this phrase it indicates the summation of the subsequent passages.

 

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