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    Subtle! Subtle!

    Critical Text

    wei

    hu

    wei

    hu

    zhi

    yu

    subtle

    !

    subtle

    !

    even

    to

     

    wu

    xing

    shen

    hu

    shen

    hu

    without

    form

    spirit

    !

    spirit

    !

     

    zhi

    yu

    wu

    sheng

    gu

    neng

    even

    to

    without

    sound

    thus

    can

     

    wei

    di

    si

    ming

    be

    enemy

    control

    fate

    Yinqueshan Text

    。。。瓂能為適司命

    Shiyijia zhu Text

    微乎微乎至於無形神乎神乎至於無聲故能為敵之司命

    Translation

      Subtle! Subtle! To the point of formlessness. Spirit-like! Spirit-like! To the point of soundlessness. Thus one can be the enemy's fate star.

    Annotations

      The rhymes of this section of the Sunzi are among the few noted by Jiang Yougao 江有誥.

        *g'ieng
        *s'ieng
        *m'iang

 

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