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As for method

Critical Text

法	一	曰	度	二	曰
fa	yi	yue	du	er	yue
method	one	called	measure	two	called

量	三	曰	數	四	曰
liang	san	yue	shu	si	yue
volume	three	called	count	four	called

稱	五	曰	勝	地	生
cheng	wu	yue	sheng	di	sheng
weigh	five	called	victory	earth	births

度	度	生	量	量	生
du	du	sheng	liang	liang	sheng
length	length	births	volume	volume	births

數	數	生	稱	稱	生	勝
shu	shu	sheng	cheng	cheng	sheng	sheng
counting	counting	births	weighing	weighing	births	victory

Yinqueshan Text--A

法一曰度二曰量三曰數四曰稱五曰勝地。。。生稱稱生勝

Yinqueshan Text--B

法一曰度二曰量三曰數四。。。生勝

Shiyijia zhu Text

兵法一曰度二曰量三曰數四曰稱五曰勝地生度度生量量生數數生稱稱生勝

Translation

As for method: First, measure length. Second, measure volume. Third, count. Fourth, weigh. The fifth is victory. Earth gives birth to length. Length gives birth to volume. Volume gives birth to counting. Counting gives birth to weighing. Weighing gives birth to victory.

Annotations

The sequence here is from the two-dimensional, length, to the three-dimensional, volume, and on through counting (which is done in integer units) to weighing (which is done in fractions as well as whole numbers). These calculations lead to victory.

As with dao, above, this di or "earth" is not limited to any of the more concrete usages the text evidences elsewhere, such as "terrain" or "territory." It is, instead, the ground of all of them.