Sunzi · Art of War · 計篇
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兵者，國之大事也
Military affairs are a matter of great consequence for the state.
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國之大事也；
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Military affairs as a consequential matter for the state.
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Argument contrastWhy military action requires more than terrainSunzi opens by defining military affairs through their stakes for a state. Mencius compares conditions of success and places human accord above terrain. These passages can orient a comparative reading without turning their different political arguments into one strategic rule.
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韓非子 · 存韓第二可不察也計者，所以定事也，不可不察也。趙、秦強弱，在今年耳。
韓非子 · 說難第十二可不察也之以厚利，則陰用其言顯棄其身矣。此不可不察也。
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四可不察也。」此不恭之言也。雖然，古無虛諺，不可不察也。
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論語 · Separate the topic from the comment夫子至於是邦也論語 · Connect a modifier to a head禮之用，和為貴論語 · Separate the topic from the comment回也不愚論語 · Recognize a nominal predicate所損益，可知也Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 孫子 · Sunzi · Art of War
- Attribution
- Traditionally attributed to Sun Wu; the date and formation of the received text are debated.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3b0003 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3b0003_001.txt, lines 11–16.
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- Source spelling and punctuation retained. Encoding headers, page markers, paragraph markers, whitespace, and leading section numbers are removed from the reading view. No silent script conversion or textual correction.
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- zimai · AI-assisted editorial notes. English renderings are excerpt-level reading aids, not a full published translation. Editorial pilot · not independently reviewed.
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