Sunzi · Art of War · 作戰篇
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故兵聞拙速，
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韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二未之有也兵弱於敵，國貧於內，而不亡者，未之有也。伐之不亦可乎？」主父曰：「善。」舉兵而伐中山，遂滅也。
論語 · 學而篇第一未之有也犯上者，鮮矣；不好犯上，而好作亂者，未之有也。
孟子 · 梁惠王上未之有也衣帛食肉，黎民不飢不寒，然而不王者，未之有也。
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- 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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3b0003_002.txt, lines 48–53. SUN 2.2 tr. Giles 1910: 10-12. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 22-24 Wu Jiulong 1991: 21-23; Li Ling 1997: 36-37, tr. Ames 1993: 107, tr. Sawyer 1993: 159
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