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    It is the ground of death

    Critical Text

    si

    sheng

    zhi

    di

    cun

    wang

    death

    life

    's

    ground

    survival

    extinction

     

     

     

     

    existence

    ruin

     

    zhi

    dao

    bu

    ke

    bu

    cha

    ye

    's

    path

    not

    able to

    not

    examine

    (period)

     

    way

     

     

     

    investigate

     

    Yinqueshan Text

    死生之地,存亡知道,不可不察也

    Shiyijia zhu Text

    死生之地,存亡知道,不可不察也

    Translation

      It is the ground of death and life, the dao of survival or extinction. One cannot but investigate it.

 

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