Now, in the rod counting

Critical Text

夫	未	戰	而	廟	算
fu	wei	zhan	er	miao	suan
now	not yet	battle	and	temple	counting rods

勝	者	得	算	多	也
sheng	zhe	de	suan	duo	ye
victory	-ness	attain	counting	many	(period)
			rods

未	戰	而	廟	算	不
wei	zhan	er	miao	suan	bu
not yet	battle	and	temple	counting	not
				rods

勝	者	得	算	少	也
sheng	zhe	de	suan	shao	ye
victory	-ness	attain	counting	few	(period)
			rods

多	算	勝	少	算	而
duo	suan	sheng	shao	suan	er
many	counting	victorious	few	counting	and
	rods	over		rods

況	於	無	算	乎	吾
kuang	yu	wu	suan	hu	wu
how	much than	without	counting	?	I
so			rods

以	此	觀	之	勝	負
yi	ci	guan	zhi	sheng	fu
by means	this	observe	it	victory	defeat

見	矣
jian	yi
apparent	!

Yinqueshan Text

。。。算少也。。。少。。。無算乎。。。此觀

Shiyijia zhu Text

夫未戰而廟算勝者得算多也未戰而廟算不勝者得算少也多算勝少算不勝而況於無算乎吾以此觀之勝負見矣

Translation

Now, in the rod-counting at court before battle, one is victorious who gets many counting rods. In the rod-counting at court before battle, one is not victorious who gets few counting rods. Many counting rods is victorious over few counting rods, how much more so over no counting rods. By these means I observe them. Victory and defeat are apparent.

Annotations

The Shiyijia zhu texts say "Many counting rods are victorious; few counting rods are not victorious." The Shuchao text has "Many counting rods are victorious over few counting rods" (juan 113). Although the Yinqueshan text is fragmentary here, there is room on the missing piece for the Shuchao text but not the Shiyijia zhu text. We have therefore followed the former.