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And so prick them

Critical Text

故	策	之	而	知	動
gu	ce	zhi	er	zhi	dong
thus	prick	them	and	know	movement

靜	之	理	形	之	而
jing	zhi	li	xing	zhi	er
stillness	's	pattern	form	them	and

知	死	生	之	地	計
zhi	si	sheng	zhi	di	ji
know	death	life	's	ground	appraise

之	而	知	得	失	之
zhi	er	zhi	de	shi	zhi
them	and	know	gain	loss	's

謀	角	之	而	知	有
mou	jiao	zhi	er	zhi	you
plan	probe	them	and	know	have

余	不	足	之	處
yu	bu	zu	zhi	chu
surplus	not	enough	's	place

Yinqueshan Text

故策之而知動。。。死生之地計之而知得失之

Shiyijia zhu Text

故策之而知得失之計候之而知動靜之理形之襋知死生之地角之而知有余不足之處

Translation

And so prick them and know the pattern of their movement and stillness. Form them and know the ground of death and life. Appraise them and know the plans for gain and loss. Probe them and know the places of surplus and insufficiency.

Annotations

The Yinqueshan text is fragmentary for this section, and it presents these four dicta in different order and combination than the received texts. The medieval witnesses also do not wholly agree with either the Yinqueshan or received texts. We are not entirely confident of our reconstruction but have reassembled the materials in the best order we can.