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    And so killing the enemy

    Critical Text

    gu

    sha

    di

    zhe

    nu

    ye

    so

    kill

    enemy

    as-for

    wrath

    (period)

     

    qu

    di

    zhi

    huo

    zhe

    huo

    ye

    take

    enemy

    's

    goods

    as-for

    advantage

    (period)

    Yinqueshan Text

    故 殺 敵 。。。

    Shiyijia zhu Text

    故 殺 敵 者 怒 也 取 敵 之 利 者 貨 也

    Translation

      And so killing the enemy is a matter of wrath. Taking the enemy's goods is a matter of advantage.

    Annotations

      The received text has "Seizing the enemy's advantage is a matter of goods." While we have followed the reading of Liu Yin 劉寅, one could argue that the received text is less perfectly parallel, thus stronger.

 

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