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    And so when he seeks advantage

    Critical Text

    gu

    li

    er

    you

    zhi

    luan

    thus

    benefit

    then

    lure

    him

    chaotic

     

    er

    qu

    zhi

    shi

    er

    bei

    then

    seize

    him

    substantial

    then

    prepare

     

    zhi

    qiang

    er

    bi

    zhi

    nu

    him

    strong

    then

    avoid

    him

    angry

     

    er

    rao

    zhi

    gong

    qi

    wu

    then

    annoy

    him

    attack

    his

    without

     

    bei

    chu

    qi

    bu

    yi

    ci

    prepared

    emerge

    his

    not

    intend

    this

     

    bing

    jia

    zhi

    sheng

    bu

    ke

    military

    family

    's

    victory

    not

    able to

     

    lineage

     

     

     

     

     

    xian

    chuan

    ye

    first

    transmit

    (period)

    in advance

     

     

    Yinqueshan Text

    [故]利而誘之亂而取之實。。。之強而。。。之怒而譊之攻亓。。。備出亓。。。勝不可。。。

    Shiyijia zhu Text

    利而誘之亂而取之實而備之強而避之怒而擾之卑而驕之 佚而勞之親而離之攻其無備出其不意此兵家之勝不可 先傳也

    Translation

      And so when he seeks advantage, lure him. When he is in chaos, take him. When he is substantial, prepare against him. When he is strong, avoid him. When he is wrathful, harass him. Attack where he is unprepared. Emerge where he does not expect it. These are the victories of the military lineage. They cannot be transmitted in advance.

    Annotations

      This passage contains two pairs of rhyming (or near rhyming), four-word lines. The Shiyijia zhu text contains two lines that are not in the Yinqueshan text, and which make up a rhyming triplet.

        The rhymes are:

          you * siau
          qu * tsiwo
          bei * bik
          bi * bik

        and in the Shiyijia zhu text:

          rao * nieu
          jiao * kiau
          lao * lau

 

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