Who has access to what is known?
Sunzi specifies human sources acquainted with an enemy’s situation; Huizi challenges Zhuangzi’s claim to know a fish’s enjoyment. Both raise access to knowledge, but testimony in military planning and a philosophical dialogue must not be collapsed into the same evidential test.
必取於人知敵之情者也The required source is defined by what those people know.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR3b0003_014.txt, lines 39–50子非魚，安知魚之樂？The speaker challenges knowledge across a difference of perspective.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR5c0126_017.txt, lines 747–749Make the comparison explicit
Sunzi specifies human sources acquainted with an enemy’s situation; Huizi challenges Zhuangzi’s claim to know a fish’s enjoyment. Both raise access to knowledge, but testimony in military planning and a philosophical dialogue must not be collapsed into the same evidential test.
孫子: The required source is defined by what those people know.
莊子: The speaker challenges knowledge across a difference of perspective.
What kind of access is explicitly required in Sunzi?
People with knowledge of the enemy’s actual situation.
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